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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To make a humming or hissing sound, like that of an arrow or ball flying through the air.
  2. To move, rush, or fly with a sibilant humming sound.
  3. n. A sound between hissing and humming; a sibilant or whistling hum, such as that made by the rapid flight of an arrow, a bullet, or other missile through the air.

Wiktionary

  1. n. alternative spelling of whiz.
  2. v. alternative spelling of whiz.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make a soft swishing sound
  2. v. move along very quickly
  3. n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

Examples

  • “When he scolded another boat for being to close during the fight (which it wasn't), I then had the pleasure of watching that captain whizz 12 ounces of lead into the windshield of the scolder.”

    My Two Favorite Knuckleheads

  • “Noa, I'll shy it mysel '," said the gallant Jimmy; and at the word whizz came the half of a turnip within art inch of Kate's ear.”

    The Firm of Girdlestone

  • “One group of wounded World War I soldiers developed such speedy invalid carriages - known as whizz bangs - to propel them to race meetings that they became known locally as the 'flying squad'.”

    Home | Mail Online

  • “I have heard from one of our US readers that "whizz" means something else entirely!”

    Chocolate Truffles

  • “As the word left his lips, "whizz," Jimmy's minnow landed in the middle of the circles widening about the rise of the Bass.”

    At the Foot of the Rainbow

  • “The spin and "whizz" of his reel, the rush of a brown mountain stream with its fringe of silver birch and stunted alder, the white side of a leaping salmon, and the gasp of that noble fish towed deftly into the shallows at last, afforded him a natural and unmixed pleasure.”

    M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur."

  • “(usually) tepid water, rinse at least twice, and take it outside to "whizz" it around to get as much water out as possible.”

    cosymakes

  • “You melt the chocolate in a double boiler, whizz it in a blender with the remaining few ingredients and chill it for a few hours.”

    The Huffington Post: Laura Silverman: The Mousse That Roared

  • “My friend Stephanie is a whizz with cakes and cupcakes.”

    Fantastic looking cupcakes | clusterflock

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  1. sound
  1. go
  1. zip
  1. hurry
  1. speed
  1. travel rapidly

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. whiz
  1. swither
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  1. whir
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  1. hiss

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  1. British

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  • pikachu I threw my head back to a glinting whizz that traversed the pilot house, in at one shutter-hole and out at the other.

    --Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad Mar 19, 2011

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‘whizz’ has been looked up 1967 times, added to 12 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 19.