whiz

Noun · Verb
US[wiz]/wɪz/1 syllablealso [hwiz] /hwɪz/
Synonyms: aceadeptchampionsensationmavenmavinvirtuosogeniushotshotstarsuperstarwhizz

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)whizzed, whizzes, whizzing

  1. make a soft swishing sound“the motor whirred”“the car engine purred”Synonyms: whizzwhirrwhirbirrpurrMore general sound, go

Noun (2)

  1. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldSynonyms: aceadeptchampionsensationmavenmavinvirtuosogeniushotshotstarsuperstarwhizzwizardwizType of expertKinds track star
  2. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air“he heard the whiz of bullets near his head”Type of sound

Related words birr verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Whiz intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Whizzed; present participle & verbal noun Whizzing.]

Origin: 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.]

It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way.— John Dryden
Whiz noun

A hissing and humming sound.

Like the whiz of my crossbow.— Samuel T. Coleridge

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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