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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /Whɪz/

:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪz|-ɪz

Alternative spellings


Verb

{{en-verb|whizzes|whizzing|whizzed}}

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air
  2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound
  3. To throw or spin rapidly
  4. wiz To urinate


Translations

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Noun

  1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above)
  2. Someone who is remarkably skilled at something
  3. wiz|Wiz; the act of urinating
  4. : take a wiz


Translations

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  • Kurdish:
  • Finnish:

io:whiz it:whiz hu:whiz pl:whiz te:whiz vi:whiz zh:whiz

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Whiz \Whiz\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whizzed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whizzing.] [Of imitative origin. ???. Cf. Whistle, and
Hiss.]
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball
flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp
hissing or whistling sound. [Written also whizz.]
[1913 Webster]

It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Whiz \Whiz\, n.
A hissing and humming sound.
[1913 Webster]

Like the whiz of my crossbow. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet whiz
n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso,
genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whizz, wizard,
wiz]
2: a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly
through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his
head"
v : make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whirr, whir, birr, purr]
[also: whizzing, whizzes, whizzed]
Moby Dictionary
ace , adept , assibilate , assibilation , ball the jack , barrel , beaut ,
birr , bombilate , bombinate , boom , bowl along , breeze , breeze along ,
brush , bullet , bum , burr , buzz , clip , corker , crackerjack ,
cut along , dab , dabster , daisy , dandy , darb , dilly , dream , drone ,
dust , effervesce , effervescence , effervescing , first-rater , fizz ,
fizzle , fizzling , fleet , flit , fly , fly low , foot , frication ,
frictional rustling , genius , go fast , good hand , great , highball ,
hiss , hissing , honey , hum , humdinger , hush , hushing , killer-diller ,
knockout , lisp , lollapaloosa , lulu , magician , mahatma , make knots ,
man of genius , master , master hand , mastermind , nip ,
outstrip the wind , past master , peach , pip , pippin , pour it on ,
practiced hand , prodigy , professional , purr , rhonchus , rip , sage ,
scorch , shush , shushing , sibilance , sibilate , sibilation , siffle ,
sigmatism , siss , sissing , sizz , sizzle , sizzling , skilled hand ,
skim , sneeze , sneezing , sniff , sniffle , snore , snort , snuff ,
snuffle , speed , spit , splutter , sputter , squash , squelch , squish ,
star , sternutation , stertor , storm along , superstar , sweep ,
sweetheart , swish , tear , tear along , the nuts , thrum ,
thunder along , topnotcher , virtuoso , wheeze , whir , whirl , whish ,
whisk , whisper , whistle , whistling , white noise , whoosh , wizard ,
zing , zip , zoom


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