whiz
noun
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L17451 on Wikidata ↗verb
- whiz
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /wɪz/
noun
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz). In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid).
- A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
“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.”
- Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
“He's a whiz with the computers.”
“The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces.”
- An act of urination.
“I have to take a whiz.”
“I gotta take a whiz test to my PO / I know I failed 'cause I done smoked major weed, bro”
- Amphetamine.
“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”
- Pickpocketing.
“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. […]”
prep
Etymology: See with.
- Pronunciation spelling of with.
verb
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss. In some noun senses perhaps derived from wizard. In the sense “remarkably skilled person”, it may also simply a misspelling of its shortened form wiz, or it may be a shortening of whiz kid, which may have a different origin, perhaps whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable”, attested from 1908, or the interjection (as in whizz-bang or gee whiz). In fact, whiz(z) in the sense of “something very remarkable” may be derived from whizz-bang in the sense of “conspicuously talented”, and in military slang whizz-bang (or whizbang) can mean “an exceptionally skilful person” (attested in 1916 and later), which whiz in the same sense seems to be a shortening of (whence presumably also whiz kid).
- 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.
“I whizzed the ball past the catcher.”
- To urinate.
“We whizzed in the bushes.”
“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.”