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whiz

1
or whizz

[ wiz, hwiz ]

verb (used without object)

whizzed, whizzing.
  1. to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
  2. to move or rush with such a sound:

    The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud.



verb (used with object)

whizzed, whizzing.
  1. to cause to whiz.
  2. to treat with a whizzer.

noun

  1. Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.:

    She's a whiz at math.

  2. the sound of a whizzing object.
  3. a swift movement producing such a sound.

whiz

2

[ wiz, hwiz ]

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of whiz1

1540–50; imitative; fizz

Origin of whiz2

By shortening
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Throngs of people precariously stand on the medians as high-speed traffic whizzes by.

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“I’ve been walking my dog, and I’ll hear a bullet go whiz right by my head, and I duck and I’m scared it’s going to hit me in the head.”

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Well, Mark is a refinement whiz, and we know that not only because the writers imply it given how badly Lumon wants him back at work, but because there are details hidden in plain sight.

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Immediately, we know we’re at the mercy of a new genre whiz.

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James was a computer whiz in online school who had been diagnosed with autism and a behavioral disorder.

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