whiz

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard.

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Verb

whiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed) (American spelling)

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
  2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
  3. To throw or spin rapidly.
  4. (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.
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Noun

whiz (countable and uncountable, plural whizzes)

  1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
  2. (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled person
    He's a whiz with the computers.
    • 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.
    • 2014 December 15, Tom Kludt, “Story of the $72 million teen trader unravels”, in CNN‎:
      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.
  3. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urination
    I have to take a whiz.
    • 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:
      I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro
  4. (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
  5. (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.
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Etymology 2

See with.

Preposition

whiz

  1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of with.
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