Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
- v. To move swiftly with or as if with such a sound; rush: whizzed past on a ten-speed bike; as the days whizzed by.
- v. To throw or spin rapidly: The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.
- n. A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
- n. A rapid passage or journey.
- n. Informal One who has remarkable skill: a whiz at all sorts of games.
- idiom. take a whiz Vulgar Slang To urinate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See whizz.
Wiktionary
- v. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air
- v. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound
- v. To throw or spin rapidly
- v. slang To urinate
- n. A whirring or hissing sound (as above)
- n. informal Someone who is remarkably skilled at something
- n. slang, especially with the verb “take” Wiz; the act of urinating
- n. UK, slang, uncountable amphetamine.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. 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.
- n. A hissing and humming sound.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- v. make a soft swishing sound
Etymologies
- Imitative. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Her proto-hippie collection was safe, sellable and sort of pretty (if you enjoy dressing from the Urban Outfitters clearance rack) but far from the dazzle that was the work of Mondo, the elfin whiz who has wowed us week after week.”
“I do a dozen eggs at a time in whiz them up in the blender.”
“At the other end of the sofa sits my good friend Adam (all names in this piece have been changed) — a Jewish science whiz from the New York suburbs who ate magic mushrooms one evening, had a vision, and switched from pre-med to English literature.”
“This made the terrain whiz by so fast that it caused the images to blur.”
“She works for Arnold Worldwide as their "brain whiz", providing "expertise in how people think and learn provides new and unique insights into how people perceive and remember – or don’t remember - ads.”
“Apr 30th, 2008 at 4: 07 pm seth cheese whiz is not necessary for a philly cheesesteak. go down to philly and see how many people actually put on cheese whiz. a lot of people, i included, from down there put on american cheese or provolone. it’s all preference, but cheese whiz is just too cheesy and nasty.”
“Plus, a young word whiz, who's tired of being an altaran (ph).”
“By age 20 he had a $240 million company and was referred to as a whiz kid of Wall Street.”
“And by age 20, he had a $240 million company and was referred to as a whiz kid of Wall Street.”
“McNAMARA: That's a photograph of what were called the whiz kids.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whiz’.
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Words related to knowledge
Words that relate to learning, knowing, being enlightened...
revelation, eureka, awakening, idea, sapient, astute, canny, intelligent, wise, sharp, shrewd, informed and 467 more...
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Headlines & Newsmakers
frugality, environment, extinction, bible, killer, jazz, cloning, dead, god, moon, global warming, bailout and 340 more...
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sound (quiet)
words for quiet sounds
( randomness, descriptive )sigh, murmur, whisper, whir, rustle, patter, hum, snap, hiss(sss), crackle, bleat, peep and 185 more...
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Surprising four-letter words
I imagine most of these will be Anglo-Saxon, not likely to crop up in the average day's conversation, and thus excellent for Scrabble. ("most" is too common, likewise "will" and even "crop", in an...
blet, quim, clit, buff, sire, wiki, blog, loam, waft, heft, mare, lilt and 68 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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Mobile Microsite
Words for marketing mobile emails to email marketers.
incandescence, bolt, dart, pealing, akimbo, critical, get focused, zoom in, concentrate, zonk out, freak out, freebee and 99 more...
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Nigella Bites
words from the cookbook "Nigella Bites" by Nigella Lawson
intend, evangelical, present, nattering space, inevitably, consequently, techniques, liqueur, purist, frankly, constraints, jot and 256 more...
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Sounds like it
Onomatopoeia that's also an English word (not too much sound symbolism, like "ta" or "ting")
bang, clang, slam, clop, fizz, swish, whoosh, puff, blare, buzz, chatter, chirp and 16 more...
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Well-loved Words
Words I love because of how they sound
quotidian, puddle, yaw, wroth, samovar, gravid, woof, lather, whorl, whiz, tricksy, froth and 1 more...
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jadecat's Words
medulla oblongata, scantiness, extravagence, stigma, muck, dilapidated, endowment, buccaneer, qualms, frolic, toot, fandango and 32 more...
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sound words
words that indicate sounds
sough, susurration, murmur, burble, gurgle, tintinnabulation, tinkle, rumble, rustle, whir, hum, buzz and 21 more...
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Onomatopoeia
Why doesn't that word sound like what it's describing?
boom, splash, sizzle, blam, whap, whomp, pow, poof, crash, screech, whimper, bang and 20 more...
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"Z" Words
Scrabble List
zyme, zori, zoos, zoon, zoom, zonk, zone, zoic, zoea, zits, ziti, zing and 76 more...
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Pop Whiz
Onomatopoetic.
pop, whiz, flush, bang, whap, splat, fizz, spritz, biff, clang, zoom, hiss and 17 more...
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Biff!
Onomatopoeic words (particularly for fights)
bang, clang, clap, whir, whiz, whoosh, zap, zing, zoom, rip, scrunch, biff and 5 more...
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smart
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