whiz
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /wɪz/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪz
Etymology 1
editOnomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss.
Alternative forms
editVerb
editwhiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed)
- To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
- To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
- To throw or spin rapidly.
- (vulgar, slang) To urinate.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate
- We whizzed in the bushes.
- 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:
- The first thing Howard did following Vi's departure was to haul the step-stool over to the kitchen sink and whiz into the drain again.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editto make a whirring or hissing sound
to rush or move swiftly with such sound
to throw or spin rapidly
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urinate — see urinate
Noun
editwhiz (countable and uncountable, plural whizzes)
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
- (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled person
- 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 77:
- The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces.
- (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urination
- I have to take a whiz.
- (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
- 1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp:
- And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz
- (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
- 2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob, page 40:
- This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]
Derived terms
editTranslations
editwhirring or hissing sound
someone remarkably skilled at something
urination — see urination
Etymology 2
editSee with.
Preposition
editwhiz
- (slang) Pronunciation spelling of with.
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