Become a whiz at words

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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To make a humming or hissing sound, like that of an arrow or ball flying through the air.
2. To move, rush, or fly with a sibilant humming sound.
3. n. A sound between hissing and humming; a sibilant or whistling hum, such as that made by the rapid flight of an arrow, a bullet, or other missile through the air.

Wiktionary

1. n. alternative spelling of whiz.
2. v. alternative spelling of whiz.

 whiz

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
2. v. To move swiftly with or as if with such a sound; rush: whizzed past on a ten-speed bike; as the days whizzed by.
3. v. To throw or spin rapidly: The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.
4. n. A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
5. n. A rapid passage or journey.
6. n. Informal One who has remarkable skill: a whiz at all sorts of games.
7. idiom. take a whiz Vulgar Slang To urinate.

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