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whiz

1
or whizz

[ wiz, hwiz ]

verb (used without object)

whizzed, whizzing.
  1. to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
  2. to move or rush with such a sound:

    The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud.



verb (used with object)

whizzed, whizzing.
  1. to cause to whiz.
  2. to treat with a whizzer.

noun

  1. Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.:

    She's a whiz at math.

  2. the sound of a whizzing object.
  3. a swift movement producing such a sound.

whiz

2

[ wiz, hwiz ]

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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of whiz1

1540–50; imitative; fizz

Origin of whiz2

By shortening
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“I’ve been walking my dog, and I’ll hear a bullet go whiz right by my head, and I duck and I’m scared it’s going to hit me in the head.”

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Well, Mark is a refinement whiz, and we know that not only because the writers imply it given how badly Lumon wants him back at work, but because there are details hidden in plain sight.

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Immediately, we know we’re at the mercy of a new genre whiz.

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James was a computer whiz in online school who had been diagnosed with autism and a behavioral disorder.

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In one scene a little boy sits near an IRA soldier watching British officers quietly roll up in vehicles and doesn’t flinch as the man runs off and bullets whiz by his head.

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