whizz

/ ��ɪ�� /

verb

to make or cause to make a loud humming or buzzing sound
to move or cause to move with such a sound
informal.
intr to move or go rapidly

noun

a loud humming or buzzing sound
informal.
a person who is extremely skilful at some activity
a slang word for amphetamine
take a whizz informal.
to urinate

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Word History and Origins

Origin of whizz¹

C16: of imitative origin

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"We're just in the interest of finding out who else is here on the spinning ball of juice in the sky, you know, whizzing through the galaxy at millions of miles an hour."

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"We are always going in different directions, like ships that pass in the night really. We whizz past each other."

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"She said all that she could remember were people going round saying, 'Is everyone sorted for E's and whizz?'. So that phrase stuck in my mind."

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And in this box, there’s snakes coming out; snakes whizzing past your face.

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Other displaced teachers were whizzing by, arms laden with boxes of their own.

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whiz kid whizz-bang

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