Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - whiz
Whiz
whiz
n. & v. (also whizz) colloq. --n. 1 the sound made by the friction of a body moving through the air at great speed. 2 (also wiz) colloq. a person who is remarkable or skilful in some respect (is a whiz at chess). --v.intr. (whizzed, whizzing) move with or make a whiz. Phrases and idioms whiz-bang colloq. 1 a high-velocity shell from a small-calibre gun, whose passage is heard before the gun's report. 2 a jumping kind of firework. whiz-kid colloq. a brilliant or highly successful young person. Etymology: imit.: in sense 2 infl. by WIZARD
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I. verb or ~z (~zed; ~zing) Etymology: imitative Date: 1582 intransitive verb to hum, whir, or hiss like a speeding object (as an arrow or ball) passing through air, to fly or move swiftly especially with a ~ , transitive verb to cause to ~, II. noun or ~z (plural ~zes) Date: 1620 a hissing, buzzing, or whirring sound, a movement or passage of something accompanied by a ~zing sound, an act of urinating, III. noun (plural ~zes) Etymology: probably by shortening & alteration Date: 1914 wizard 3 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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