whizzing

[US]/hwiz/
[UK]/h wɪz/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. expert; clever person

vt. to make a whizzing sound

vi. to make a whizzing sound

Phrases & Collocations

whizz by

whizz kid

whizz through

whizz around

whizz past

whizzing sound

Example Sentences

He is a whizz at football.

a whizz-bang publicity campaign.

a quick whizz around the research-and-development facility.

Cars were whizzing past.

whizzed past on a ten-speed bike; as the days whizzed by.

The express train whizzed past the station.

the Iraqi missiles whizzed past.

the weeks whizzed by.

Audrey would whizz through a few chores in the shop.

Derek had whizzed them round the factory.

The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.

She whizzed through the work and was finished before lunch.

Coarse material is conveyed by a stream of air to variable speed whizzer-separator.

Real-world Examples

Without that, it would soon whizz by Pluto with virtually nothing to show for the mission.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Some ice, whizz it all up.

Source: Celebrity's Daily Meal Plan (Bilingual Selection)

According to space whizzes like this guy, hi (Tim).

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2021 Collection

At the end of the third month, I'll invent an appointment and we'll whizz up to London!

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Version) Season 6

The agreement includes a friendly competition between MIT computer whizzes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and their counterparts in Cambridge, England.

Source: NPR News January 2015 Compilation

I think this is OK, but I'm not a maths whizz.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

It will fill you up with whizz, pop, bang!

Source: English enlightenment animation "Yakka Dee" (Season 1)

It will fill you up with a whizz, pop, bang!

Source: The English enlightenment animation "Yakka Dee" (Season 2)

Whizz kids previously up for a gamble are slinking off to consultancies and banks.

Source: Economist Finance and economics

Yakky yak, I know you can. It will fill you up with whizz, pop, bang!

Source: English enlightenment animation "Yakka Dee" (Season 1)

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