whiz
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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
Idiom: 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.
take a whiz Vulgar Slang
To urinate.
[Imitative. N., sense 2, from shortening and alteration of wizard.]
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whiz
or whizz
(ʰwɪz, wɪz)v. whizzed, whiz•zing,
n. v.i.
1. to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
2. to move with such a sound: A cloud of hornets whizzed by.
v.t. 3. to cause to whiz.
n. 4. Informal. a person who is very good at a particular activity or in a specific field: a whiz at math.
5. the sound of a whizzing object.
6. a swift movement producing such a sound.
[1540–50; imitative; compare fizz]
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whiz
Past participle: whizzed
Gerund: whizzing
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| Noun | 1. |  whiz - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any fieldadept, hotshot, maven, mavin, superstar, virtuoso, whizz, wiz, wizard, sensation, star, ace, genius, champion expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully track star - a star runner |
| 2. | whiz - a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head" sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them" | |
| Verb | 1. | whiz - make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred" |
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whiz
also whizzverb
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.
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.
2. Informal. A person with a high degree of knowledge or skill in a particular field:
Slang: crackerjack.
Chiefly British: dab.
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Translations
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whiz
whizz [wɪz]A. N
B. VI to whiz(z) by or past [bullet, arrow] → pasar zumbando; [car] → pasar a gran velocidad
it whizzed past my head → pasó (silbando) muy cerca de mi cabeza
to whizz along; go whizzing along → ir como una bala
the sledge whizzed down the slope → el trineo bajó la cuesta a gran velocidad
it whizzed past my head → pasó (silbando) muy cerca de mi cabeza
to whizz along; go whizzing along → ir como una bala
the sledge whizzed down the slope → el trineo bajó la cuesta a gran velocidad
C. CPD whiz(z) kid N → prodigio m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
whiz(z)
n
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
whiz
whizz [wɪz] vi (motorbike, sledge) → sfrecciare; (bullet) → sibilareto whiz through the air → sfrecciare
cars were whizzing past → le macchine passavano sfrecciando
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995