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whizz1 verbwhizz2 noun whizzwhizz1 British English, whiz American English /wɪz/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEwhizz |
Present | I, you, we, they | whizz | | he, she, it | whizzes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | whizzed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have whizzed | | he, she, it | has whizzed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had whizzed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will whizz | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have whizzed |
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Present | I | am whizzing | | he, she, it | is whizzing | | you, we, they | are whizzing | Past | I, he, she, it | was whizzing | | you, we, they | were whizzing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been whizzing | | he, she, it | has been whizzing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been whizzing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be whizzing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been whizzing |
- A bullet whizzed past my ear.
- I stared out the window, watching as kids on bicycles and skateboards whizzed by.
- By the end of the week, Emma was whizzing down green runs, turning superbly and tackling the lifts with ease.
- Flashbacks to stilted junior-year productions started whizzing by faster than you can say Grosse Pointe Blank.
- I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town.
- She had only ever seen them at a distance before, or whizzing by in their cars.
- Smoking on a train journey, looking out at the countryside whizzing by.
- The armor meant that bullets were expected to be whizzing through the cockpit.
- We had scarcely got in there before the train came whizzing past at a great rate..
to move very fast in a particular direction► race/tear to go somewhere as fast as you can: race back/up/into etc: · Hearing the children's screams, she raced back to the house.· A police car came racing down the road.tear away/up/across etc: · She tore across the lobby, then up three flights of stairs.· Just before the explosion, a man came tearing across the street. ► rush/dash to go somewhere very quickly because you are in a hurry: rush out/around/into etc: · Everyone rushed out into the street to see what was happening.· People were rushing past me on their way to work.dash into/around/to etc: · Pam dashed into the store just as it was closing.· The boys dashed across the road and disappeared into the woods. ► fly to travel or go somewhere extremely quickly: fly past/up/along etc: · As I slowed down another car flew past me and turned to the left.· The bus was flying along when suddenly the driver slammed on the brakes. ► dart to run, fly, or swim with a sudden quick movement: dart through/back/across etc: · I could see small silvery fish darting through the water.· As the rain began to fall harder, I darted into the first shop I could find. ► streak written if someone or something streaks somewhere, they run or fly there so fast that you can hardly see them: streak across/past/away etc: · Two aircraft streaked across the sky.· I caught a glimpse of a man streaking away into the shadows. ► whizz to move extremely quickly through the air or along a road, making a loud high noise: whizz past/by/through etc: · A bullet whizzed past my ear.· I stared out the window, watching as kids on bicycles and skateboards whizzed by. ► zoom if a car, bus, plane etc zooms somewhere, it moves there extremely fast, making a loud noise with its engine: zoom past/through/over etc: · The plane zoomed low over the airfield.· A fire engine zoomed past us. ► speed to move somewhere very quickly, especially in a vehicle: speed along/by/towards etc: · An ambulance sped by on its way to an accident.· Small patrol boats sped along the shore. ► be really moving use this to say that someone or something is going extremely fast: · That car must have been really moving when it hit the van. 1[always + adverb/preposition] informal a)to move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air: An ambulance whizzed past. I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air. b)to do something very quicklywhizz through Let’s just whizz through it one more time.2American English spoken to urinate |