whizz
verb /wɪz/
/wɪz/
(also whiz)
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they whizz | /wɪz/ /wɪz/ |
| he / she / it whizzes | /ˈwɪzɪz/ /ˈwɪzɪz/ |
| past simple whizzed | /wɪzd/ /wɪzd/ |
| past participle whizzed | /wɪzd/ /wɪzd/ |
| -ing form whizzing | /ˈwɪzɪŋ/ /ˈwɪzɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move very quickly, making a high, continuous sound
- A bullet whizzed past my ear.
- He whizzed down the road on his motorbike.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to do something very quickly
- She whizzed through the work.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: imitative.