whiz

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /wɪz/

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Other spellings

• whizz

Verb

Plain form whiz

Third-person singular whizzes

Past tense whizzed

Past participle whizzed

Present participle whizzing

1. (intransitive) If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very quickly.
   • Synonym: zip

   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 whiz at something, they're very good at it.

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