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Webster 1913 Edition
Whiz
Whiz
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Whizzed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whizzing
.] 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. Dryden.
Whiz
,Noun.
A hissing and humming sound.
Like the
whiz
of my crossbow. Coleridge.
Webster 1828 Edition
Whiz
WHIZ
,Verb.
T.
It flew, and whizzing cut the liquid way.
WHIZ
,Noun.
Definition 2024
whiz
whiz
English
Alternative forms
Verb
whiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed)
- To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
- To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
- To throw or spin rapidly.
- (vulgar, slang) To urinate.
- We whizzed in the bushes.
Derived terms
Translations
to make a whirring or hissing sound
to throw or spin rapidly
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slang: wiz to urinate
Noun
whiz (plural whizzes)
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination; a wiz.
- I have to take a whiz.
- (Britain, slang, uncountable) amphetamine.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:skilled person
Derived terms
Translations
whirring or hissing sound
someone remarkably skilled at something
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Etymology 2
See with.
Preposition
whiz
- (slang) Eye dialect spelling of with.