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whizzing

whizzing is the present participle and gerund of whiz.

whizzing is the present participle and gerund of whizz.

Adjective

whizzing (comparative more whizzing, superlative most whizzing)

  1. Spinning rapidly.
  2. Producing a whizz; giving off a whizzing noise.
    • From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154

Meaning of whiz

Verb

whiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed)

  1. (US) To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
  2. (US) To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
  3. (US) To throw or spin rapidly.
    • I whizzed the ball past the catcher.
  4. (US, slang, vulgar) To urinate.
    • We whizzed in the bushes.

See all 9 meanings of whiz

Noun

whizzing (plural whizzings)

  1. The sound or action of something that whizzes.
    • At length it grew dark; they though, they heard a sound of whizzing and snorting in the air, such as the swans use to make in the winter time.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 214
    • For, when the line is darting out, to be seated then in the boat, is like being seated in the midst of the manifold whizzings of a steam-engine in full play[…]1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 60, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC

Forms of whizzing

Noun
pluralwhizzings
Adjective
comparativemore whizzing
superlativemost whizzing

Phrases with whizzing

Questions about whizzing

What does whizzing mean?
Whizzing means the sound or action of something that whizzes.
What is whizzing the present participle and gerund of?
Whizzing is the present participle and gerund of whiz.
What part of speech is whizzing?
Whizzing can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of whizzing?
The plural of whizzing is whizzings.

Words near whizzing in the dictionary

  1. whizzgigs
  2. whizzier
  3. whizziest
  4. whizzin'
  5. whizziness
  6. whizzing
  7. whizzing stick
  8. whizzing sticks
  9. whizzingly
  10. whizzings
  11. whizzkid

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