Thesaurus: whiz
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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Definitions
- 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.
- n. A hissing and humming sound.
- n. someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
- v. make a soft swishing sound
- 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.
- 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.
- v:33/n:67 n. a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air