whiz

present singular third person whizzes · participle present whizzing · participle past whizzed · past whizzed · alternative UK whizz · alternative wiz · alternative wizz

1. USTo make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
2. USTo rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
3. USTo throw or spin rapidly.

   I whizzed the ball past the catcher.

4. USslangvulgarTo urinate.

   We whizzed in the bushes.

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   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.

   1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

   Synonyms: break the seal, hit the head, micturate, pass water, pee, piddle, piss, slash

plural whizzes · alternative UK whizz · alternative wiz · alternative wizz

1. UScountableuncountableA whirring or hissing sound (as above).

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   Immediately there was a ringing and a singing in the hills, and then a whispering and a lisping and a whiz and a buzz all about him, for the little people were now some whirling round and round in the dance, and others sporting and tumbling about in the moonshine, and playing a thousand merry pranks and tricks.

   1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 289

2. UScountableinformaluncountableSomeone who is remarkably skilled at something.

   He's a whiz with the computers.

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   The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces.

   1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 77

   It didn't take long for New York Magazine's story on a 17-year-old stock whiz with a rumored net worth of $72 million to make a splash. But the story's juicy premise unraveled almost as quickly.

   2014 December 15, Tom Kludt, “Story of the $72 million teen trader unravels”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2024

   Synonyms: adept, ace, artist, buff, crackerjack, crack hand, dab, dab hand

3. UScountableespeciallyslanguncountablevulgarAn act of urination.

   I have to take a whiz.

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   I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro

   1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz

   Synonyms: call of nature, easement, emiction, leak, making water, miction, micturition, number one

4. UKUSslanguncountableAmphetamine.

   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

   1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp

5. UKUScountableslanguncountablewith definite articlePickpocketing.

   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. […]

   2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob, page 40

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