Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make a humming or hissing sound, like that of an arrow or ball flying through the air.
- To move, rush, or fly with a sibilant humming sound.
- noun A sound between hissing and humming; a sibilant or whistling hum, such as that made by the rapid flight of an arrow, a bullet, or other missile through the air.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
whiz . - verb Alternative spelling of
whiz .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a soft swishing sound
- verb move along very quickly
- noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
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Examples
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When he scolded another boat for being to close during the fight (which it wasn't), I then had the pleasure of watching that captain whizz 12 ounces of lead into the windshield of the scolder.
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"Noa, I'll shy it mysel '," said the gallant Jimmy; and at the word whizz came the half of a turnip within art inch of Kate's ear.
The Firm of Girdlestone Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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One group of wounded World War I soldiers developed such speedy invalid carriages - known as whizz bangs - to propel them to race meetings that they became known locally as the 'flying squad'.
Home | Mail Online 2009
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I have heard from one of our US readers that "whizz" means something else entirely!
Chocolate Truffles 2005
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As the word left his lips, "whizz," Jimmy's minnow landed in the middle of the circles widening about the rise of the Bass.
At the Foot of the Rainbow Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
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The spin and "whizz" of his reel, the rush of a brown mountain stream with its fringe of silver birch and stunted alder, the white side of a leaping salmon, and the gasp of that noble fish towed deftly into the shallows at last, afforded him a natural and unmixed pleasure.
M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." G.J. Whyte-Melville 1849
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Put simply, Viet Nam does not produce CDOs, MBSs or any other kind of whizz kid acronym.
unknown title 2009
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(usually) tepid water, rinse at least twice, and take it outside to "whizz" it around to get as much water out as possible.
cosymakes 2009
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You melt the chocolate in a double boiler, whizz it in a blender with the remaining few ingredients and chill it for a few hours.
Laura Silverman: The Mousse That Roared Laura Silverman 2010
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You melt the chocolate in a double boiler, whizz it in a blender with the remaining few ingredients and chill it for a few hours.
Laura Silverman: The Mousse That Roared Laura Silverman 2010
pikachu commented on the word whizz
I threw my head back to a glinting whizz that traversed the pilot house, in at one shutter-hole and out at the other.
--Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad
March 19, 2011