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To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.

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  1. v. i. To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
  2. n. A hissing and humming sound.
  3. n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  4. n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
  5. v. make a soft swishing sound
  6. To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound. [Written also whizz.] It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden. A hissing and humming sound. Like the whiz of my crossbow. Coleridge.
  7. To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ballflying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissingor whistling sound. [Written also whizz.]It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden.
  8. v:33/n:67 n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air