whizz

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /wɪz/

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Other spellings

• whiz

Verb

Plain form whizz

Third-person singular whizzes

Past tense whizzed

Past participle whizzed

Present participle whizzing

1. (intransitive) If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very quickly.

   There were bats whizzing around overhead.

   She looked out the train window as the trees whizzed by.

Noun

Singular whiz

Plural whizzes

1. (countable) If somebody is a whizz at something, they're very good at it.

   She's a whizz at math, so she can figure it out.