verb
whiz
wihz
verb
1
To move fast with a buzzing or hissing sound.
"The motorbike whizzed past us on the motorway."
noun
1
A person remarkably skilled at something.
"She's a whiz at mental arithmetic."
"He was the office computer whiz, always the first one called for tech trouble."
How to Use Whiz
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the sound/motion of something zooming past, or an informal word for someone very talented at a task.
Common pairings
a whiz kid
whiz past
a maths whiz
Word Forms
whizzed past tense, whizzes plural, whizzes singular
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Etymology
An imitative word mimicking the hissing sound of something moving fast through the air; the "skilled person" sense likely grew out of the related phrase "whiz kid."