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whiz

also whizz (wĭz, hwĭz)

v. whizzed, whiz·zing, whiz·zes

v.intr.

1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.

2. To move or do something quickly: whizzed past on a ten-speed bike; whizzed through her exams.

3. To pass quickly: The days whizzed by.

4. Vulgar Slang To urinate.

v.tr.

1. To throw or spin rapidly: The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.

2. To mix or spin (ingredients), as in a blender.

n. pl. whiz·zes

1. A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.

2. also wiz Informal A person considered exceptionally gifted or skilled: a whiz at all sorts of games.

Idiom:

take a whiz Vulgar Slang

To urinate.

[Imitative. N., sense 2, from shortening and alteration of wizard.]

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whizz

(wɪz) or

whiz

vb, whizzes, whizzing or whizzed

1. to make or cause to make a loud humming or buzzing sound

2. to move or cause to move with such a sound

3. (intr) informal to move or go rapidly

4. a loud humming or buzzing sound

5. informal a person who is extremely skilful at some activity

6. (Recreational Drugs) a slang word for amphetamine

7. take a whizz informal US to urinate

[C16: of imitative origin]

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whizz

Past participle: whizzed
Gerund: whizzing

Imperative
whizz
whizz

Present
I whizz
you whizz
he/she/it whizzes
we whizz
you whizz
they whizz

Preterite
I whizzed
you whizzed
he/she/it whizzed
we whizzed
you whizzed
they whizzed

Present Continuous
I am whizzing
you are whizzing
he/she/it is whizzing
we are whizzing
you are whizzing
they are whizzing

Present Perfect
I have whizzed
you have whizzed
he/she/it has whizzed
we have whizzed
you have whizzed
they have whizzed

Past Continuous
I was whizzing
you were whizzing
he/she/it was whizzing
we were whizzing
you were whizzing
they were whizzing

Past Perfect
I had whizzed
you had whizzed
he/she/it had whizzed
we had whizzed
you had whizzed
they had whizzed

Future
I will whizz
you will whizz
he/she/it will whizz
we will whizz
you will whizz
they will whizz

Future Perfect
I will have whizzed
you will have whizzed
he/she/it will have whizzed
we will have whizzed
you will have whizzed
they will have whizzed

Future Continuous
I will be whizzing
you will be whizzing
he/she/it will be whizzing
we will be whizzing
you will be whizzing
they will be whizzing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been whizzing
you have been whizzing
he/she/it has been whizzing
we have been whizzing
you have been whizzing
they have been whizzing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been whizzing
you will have been whizzing
he/she/it will have been whizzing
we will have been whizzing
you will have been whizzing
they will have been whizzing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been whizzing
you had been whizzing
he/she/it had been whizzing
we had been whizzing
you had been whizzing
they had been whizzing

Conditional
I would whizz
you would whizz
he/she/it would whizz
we would whizz
you would whizz
they would whizz

Past Conditional
I would have whizzed
you would have whizzed
he/she/it would have whizzed
we would have whizzed
you would have whizzed
they would have whizzed

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Noun	1.	whizz - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field adept, hotshot, maven, mavin, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, wiz, wizard, sensation, star, ace, genius, champion expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully track star - a star runner
Verb	1.	whizz - make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" birr, purr, whir, whirr, whiz sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
	2.	whizz - move along very quickly whizz along, zoom, zoom along hurry, travel rapidly, zip, speed - move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

whizz

(Informal)

verb

1. speed, race, career, hurtle, bomb, tear, rush, flash, belt (slang), zoom A car whizzed past.

noun

1. expert, professional, master, pro (informal), specialist, ace (informal), buff (informal), wizard, virtuoso, hotshot (informal), past master, dab hand (Brit. informal), wonk (informal) Simon's a whizz at card tricks.

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whiz

also whizz
verb

1. To make a continuous low-pitched droning sound:

bumble, burr, buzz, drone, hum, whir.

2. To make a sharp sibilant sound:

fizz, fizzle, hiss, sibilate, sizzle, swish, whoosh.

3. To move swiftly:

bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, tear, trot, whirl, whisk, wing, zip, zoom.

Informal: hotfoot, rip.

Slang: barrel, highball.

Chiefly British: nip.

Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.

noun

1. A continuous low-pitched droning sound:

bumble, burr, buzz, drone, hum, whir.

2. Informal. A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field:

ace, adept, authority, dab hand, expert, master, past master, professional, proficient, wizard.

Slang: crackerjack.

Chiefly British: dab.

Translations

يَئِزُّ، يَنْطَلِقُ كالأزيز

hvislesuse

zischen

sifflement

zúgva repül

hvissa, hvína, òjóta

fischio

aizsvilptdžinkstētsvilpt

vınlamakvızlamak

飕飕地飞驰

whizz

[ˈ^hwɪz] vi
to whizz along → filer à toute vitesse
to whizz past → passer à toute vitesse
Stewart felt a bottle whizz past his head → Stewart sentit une bouteille siffler à ses oreilles.whizz kid whizz-kid [ˈ^hwɪzkɪd] n → petit prodige m

whizz

n (sl)

(Brit Drugs) → Speed nt

to got for (Brit) or take a whizz (= urinate) → strullern (sl), → pissen gehen (vulg)

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whizz

(wiz) verb

to fly through the air with a hissing sound. The arrow whizzed past his shoulder.

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An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death.

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And every soul, it passed me by, Like the whizz of my CROSS-BOW!

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He was continually imagining that a cannon ball was flying toward him with a terrific whizz, and then he shuddered and sat up.

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But wilder yet was the cry, and shriller still the scream, when there rose up from the shadow of those silent bulwarks the long lines of the English bowmen, and the arrows whizzed in a deadly sleet among the unprepared masses upon the pirate decks.

Another from the Norman whizzed into the waist, broke the back of a horse, and crashed its way through the side of the vessel.

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Once I whizzed down a stone, and just at the right moment he looked up.

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They'd had all the dogs shut up, so they wouldn't scare off the robbers; but by this time somebody had let them loose, and here they come, making powwow enough for a million; but they was our dogs; so we stopped in our tracks till they catched up; and when they see it warn't nobody but us, and no excitement to offer them, they only just said howdy, and tore right ahead towards the shouting and clattering; and then we up-steam again, and whizzed along after them till we was nearly to the mill, and then struck up through the bush to where my canoe was tied, and hopped in and pulled for dear life towards the middle of the river, but didn't make no more noise than we was obleeged to.

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No sooner had the hour of three struck and whizzed, than she left her room and ran to the dairyman's door; then up the ladder to Angel's, calling him in a loud whisper; then woke her fellow-milkmaids.

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The furnaces roared, and the powerful engines whizzed and clanked, like a great metallic heart.

It must have whizzed between us at the instant that we fired.

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But the cries and noise, and a ball which whizzed through Phileas Fogg's hat, apprised them that the trick had been discovered.

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The bullet whizzed harmlessly by Meriem's head and an instant later she had disappeared into the foliage of the tree.