Definitions

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  • noun Plural form of whiz.
  • noun Plural form of whizz.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whiz.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of whizz.

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Examples

  • The train whizzes between the green mountains and bright blue sea and deposits me in Milan, where I set off to find Maurizio, Italy's couch surfing "ambassador," at the drinks gathering.

    Danna Harman: Couch Surfing and Me Danna Harman 2010

  • The train whizzes between the green mountains and bright blue sea and deposits me in Milan, where I set off to find Maurizio, Italy's couch surfing "ambassador," at the drinks gathering.

    Danna Harman: Couch Surfing and Me Danna Harman 2010

  • The train whizzes between the green mountains and bright blue sea and deposits me in Milan, where I set off to find Maurizio, Italy's couch surfing "ambassador," at the drinks gathering.

    Danna Harman: Couch Surfing and Me Danna Harman 2010

  • "It's really shortened the shelf life," says Mr. Dalzell, who is considered to be a real "big noise," or a very important person, among word whizzes like Jesse Sheidlower, editor-at-large at the Oxford English Dictionary.

    As Slang Changes More Rapidly, Expert Has to Watch His Language Vauhini Vara 2011

  • Varsity Lakes Middle School in Lehigh Acres, will compete along with 272 other word whizzes in round two of the preliminaries, which begin at 8 a.m.

    marconews.com Stories 2010

  • The three-word song title whizzes by like the Roadrunner's "meep-meep!" as it zips away from the Coyote.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • The three-word song title whizzes by like the Roadrunner's "meep-meep!" as it zips away from the Coyote.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • So if you find yourself zipping down the Poconos on skis and a red blur whizzes right by you, you can safely assume it's me, especially if the blur is followed by a bunch of kids pretending not to be related to the guy right in front of them.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Surviving a Brutal Winter Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • So if you find yourself zipping down the Poconos on skis and a red blur whizzes right by you, you can safely assume it's me, especially if the blur is followed by a bunch of kids pretending not to be related to the guy right in front of them.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Surviving a Brutal Winter Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

  • So if you find yourself zipping down the Poconos on skis and a red blur whizzes right by you, you can safely assume it's me, especially if the blur is followed by a bunch of kids pretending not to be related to the guy right in front of them.

    Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Surviving a Brutal Winter Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011

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