Dictionary Entry
whiz
whiz is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
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.
- 2noun
A hissing and humming sound.
- 3noun
a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air
"he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
- 4noun
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
- 5verb
make a soft swishing sound
"the motor whirred"
"the car engine purred"
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