whiz
/wɪz/
whiz verb: to make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air. Also the pronunciation spelling of with.
Verb
whiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed)
- To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
- To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
- To throw or spin rapidly.
- I whizzed the ball past the catcher.
- To urinate.
- We whizzed in the bushes.
- The first thing Howard did following Vi's departure was to haul the step-stool over to the kitchen sink and whiz into the drain again.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
- Synonyms:
- break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle, piss, slash, take a leak, take a piss
Noun
whiz (countable and uncountable, plural whizzes)
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- Immediately there was a ringing and a singing in the hills, and then a whispering and a lisping and a whiz and a buzz all about him, for the little people were now some whirling round and round in the dance, and others sporting and tumbling about in the moonshine, and playing a thousand merry...1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 289
- Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- He's a whiz with the computers.
- The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces.1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 77
- Synonyms:
- adept, ace, artist, buff, crackerjack, crack hand, dab, dab hand, dabster, don hand
- An act of urination.
- I have to take a whiz.
- I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz
- Synonyms:
- call of nature, easement, emiction, leak, making water, miction, micturition, number one, pee, piss
- Amphetamine.
- And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp
- Pickpocketing.
- This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob, page 40
Also used as
whiz is also the pronunciation spelling of with.
whiz meaning in Urdu
whiz in Urdu
- to rush or move swiftly with such sound
- جھومنا،ہلنا،
Examples of whiz in a sentence
- You only got 10% in the test. Gee whiz – you'll get over it.
- The final big city touch — a supertram whizzes by the town hall in Middlesbrough.
- Off they went: this black American whiz kid and these seven South Korean superstars TikTokked together.
Synonyms of whiz
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Forms of whiz
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | whizzes |
| present participle | whizzing |
| past participle | whizzed |
| past | whizzed |
| alternative UK | whizz |
| alternative form | wiz |
| alternative form | wizz |
| Noun | |
| plural | whizzes |
Origin of whiz
Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz). In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid).
See with.
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Questions about whiz
- What does whiz mean?
- Whiz means to make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
- What is whiz in Urdu?
- Whiz in Urdu is جھومنا،ہلنا،. See Whiz meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is whiz?
- Whiz can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce whiz?
- Whiz is pronounced /wɪz/.
- What is the past tense of whiz?
- The past tense of whiz is whizzed.
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