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whiz also whizz  audio  (hwz, wz) KEY 

VERB:
whizzed, whiz·zing, whiz·zes
VERB:
intr.
  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
  2. To move swiftly with or as if with such a sound; rush: whizzed past on a ten-speed bike; as the days whizzed by.
VERB:
tr.
To throw or spin rapidly: The pitcher whizzed the ball to first.
NOUN:
pl. whiz·zes
  1. A whirring or hissing sound, as of an object speeding through air.
  2. A rapid passage or journey.
  3. Informal One who has remarkable skill: a whiz at all sorts of games.

IDIOM:
take a whiz Vulgar Slang
To urinate.
ETYMOLOGY:
Imitative


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