Whiz \Whiz\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whizzed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Whizzing.] [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.]
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It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Whiz \Whiz\, n.
A hissing and humming sound.
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Like the whiz of my crossbow. --Coleridge.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
whiz
n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso,
genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whizz, wizard,
wiz]
2: a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly
through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his
head"
v : make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whirr, whir, birr, purr]
[also: whizzing, whizzes, whizzed]
WordNet (r) 2.0
143 Moby Thesaurus words for "whiz":
ace, adept, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, barrel, beaut,
birr, bombilate, bombinate, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along,
brush, bullet, bum, burr, buzz, clip, corker, crackerjack,
cut along, dab, dabster, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, drone,
dust, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, first-rater, fizz,
fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, frication,
frictional rustling, genius, go fast, good hand, great, highball,
hiss, hissing, honey, hum, humdinger, hush, hushing, killer-diller,
knockout, lisp, lollapaloosa, lulu, magician, mahatma, make knots,
man of genius, master, master hand, mastermind, nip,
outstrip the wind, past master, peach, pip, pippin, pour it on,
practiced hand, prodigy, professional, purr, rhonchus, rip, sage,
scorch, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle,
sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skilled hand,
skim, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff,
snuffle, speed, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish,
star, sternutation, stertor, storm along, superstar, sweep,
sweetheart, swish, tear, tear along, the nuts, thrum,
thunder along, topnotcher, virtuoso, wheeze, whir, whirl, whish,
whisk, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whoosh, wizard,
zing, zip, zoom
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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