whiz

whiz
    n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: {ace},
         {adept}, {champion}, {sensation}, {maven}, {mavin},
         {virtuoso}, {genius}, {hotshot}, {star}, {superstar},
         {whiz}, {whizz}, {wizard}, {wiz}]
    2: a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly
       through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
    v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
         engine purred" [syn: {whizz}, {whiz}, {whirr}, {whir},
         {birr}, {purr}]
    

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}.]
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         It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. --Dryden.
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Whiz \Whiz\, n.
   A hissing and humming sound.
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         Like the whiz of my crossbow.            --Coleridge.
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143 Moby Thesaurus words for "whiz":
      ace, adept, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, barrel, beaut,
      birr, bombilate, bombinate, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along,
      brush, bullet, bum, burr, buzz, clip, corker, crackerjack,
      cut along, dab, dabster, daisy, dandy, darb, dilly, dream, drone,
      dust, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, first-rater, fizz,
      fizzle, fizzling, fleet, flit, fly, fly low, foot, frication,
      frictional rustling, genius, go fast, good hand, great, highball,
      hiss, hissing, honey, hum, humdinger, hush, hushing, killer-diller,
      knockout, lisp, lollapaloosa, lulu, magician, mahatma, make knots,
      man of genius, master, master hand, mastermind, nip,
      outstrip the wind, past master, peach, pip, pippin, pour it on,
      practiced hand, prodigy, professional, purr, rhonchus, rip, sage,
      scorch, shush, shushing, sibilance, sibilate, sibilation, siffle,
      sigmatism, siss, sissing, sizz, sizzle, sizzling, skilled hand,
      skim, sneeze, sneezing, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff,
      snuffle, speed, spit, splutter, sputter, squash, squelch, squish,
      star, sternutation, stertor, storm along, superstar, sweep,
      sweetheart, swish, tear, tear along, the nuts, thrum,
      thunder along, topnotcher, virtuoso, wheeze, whir, whirl, whish,
      whisk, whisper, whistle, whistling, white noise, whoosh, wizard,
      zing, zip, zoom