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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.] 
 
  It  flew,  and  whizzing,  cut  the  liquid  way  --Dryden. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whiz  \Whiz\,  n. 
  A  hissing  and  humming  sound. 
 
  Like  the  whiz  of  my  crossbow.  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whiz 
  n  :  someone  who  is  very  highly  skilled  [syn:  {ace},  {adept},  {sensation}, 
  {maven},  {virtuoso},  {genius},  {hotshot},  {star},  {whizz}, 
  {wizard},  {wiz}] 
  v  :  make  a  soft  swishing  sound,  as  of  a  motor  working  or  wings 
  flapping  [syn:  {whizz},  {whirr},  {whir},  {birr},  {purr}] 




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