'Whiz' definitions:
Definition of 'whiz'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
noun
A buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
verb
Definition of 'Whiz'
From: GCIDE
- Whiz \Whiz\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whizzing.] [Of imitative origin. ???. Cf. Whistle, and Hiss.] 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.] [1913 Webster]
- It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Whiz'
From: GCIDE
- Whiz \Whiz\, n. A hissing and humming sound. [1913 Webster]
- Like the whiz of my crossbow. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'whiz'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- adept,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- ball the jack,
- barrel,
- beaut,
- birr,
- bombilate,
- bombinate,
- boom,
- bowl along,
- breeze,
- breeze along,
- brush,
- bullet,
- bum,
- burr,
- buzz,
- clip,
- corker,
- crackerjack,
- cut along,
- dab,
- dabster,
- daisy,
- dandy,
- darb,
- dilly,
- dream,
- drone,
- dust,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- first-rater,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- fleet,
- flit,
- fly,
- fly low,
- foot,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- genius,
- go fast,
- good hand,
- great,
- highball,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- honey,
- hum,
- humdinger,
- hush,
- hushing,
- killer-diller,
- knockout,
- lisp,
- lollapaloosa,
- lulu,
- magician,
- mahatma,
- make knots,
- man of genius,
- master,
- master hand,
- mastermind,
- nip,
- outstrip the wind,
- past master,
- peach,
- pip,
- pippin,
- pour it on,
- practiced hand,
- prodigy,
- professional,
- purr,
- rhonchus,
- rip,
- sage,
- scorch,
- shush,
- shushing,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigmatism,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- skilled hand,
- skim,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- speed,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squelch,
- squish,
- star,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- storm along,
- superstar,
- sweep,
- sweetheart,
- swish,
- tear,
- tear along,
- the nuts,
- thrum,
- thunder along,
- topnotcher,
- virtuoso,
- wheeze,
- whir,
- whirl,
- whish,
- whisk,
- whisper,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whoosh,
- wizard,
- zing,
- zip,
- zoom