wiz
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Usage
What does wiz mean? A wiz is someone who’s highly skilled or knowledgeable in a particular field or activity.Wiz is an informal word. It’s a shortening of wizard, which can have the same meaning. It’s especially used in combination with the field that the person is skilled in, as in computer wiz or math wiz. The word whiz (or less commonly whizz) can be used to mean the same thing.Example: My nephew is a real wiz with computers—I’d let him take a look at it.
Etymology
Origin of wiz
First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening
Example Sentences
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Rams defensive end Kobie Turner is a musical wiz, and he showed it by playing the theme song to NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.”
From Los Angeles Times
Visual art is not new to Martin, a wiz at one-liners who incorporates drawings in his stand-up.
From Los Angeles Times
The 47-year-old trivia wiz will compete in his semifinal episode on Thursday, a spokesperson for “Jeopardy!” confirmed Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times
Bankman-Fried lost the right to remain free on bail when a judge decided two weeks ago that the fallen cryptocurrency wiz had repeatedly tried to influence witnesses against him.
From Seattle Times
“Mom was a wiz on this,” she told me fondly.
From Seattle Times
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