Definition of whizz in English:

whizz

(North American whiz)

verbwhizzing, whizzed, whizzes wɪz

[no object]

1with adverbial of direction Move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound.
飕飕地移动，呼呼地飞驰
the missiles whizzed past
伊拉克的导弹飕飕地飞驰而过。
Example sentencesExamples
- The sound of cars whizzing by on the lonely suburban road always had a calming effect on him.
- The control tower is so noisy with aeroplanes whizzing past.
- The sounds of armor-piercing bullets and missiles whizzing past your head is eerily believable.
- Balancing on the verge with traffic whizzing past close behind me was hair raising.
- Synth notes bob, bend and warble, producing a strange, droning, Doppler effect, whizzing past the listener like vehicles on a Tron superhighway.
- The wind was playing tricks, lifting heaps of dried leaves, whizzing them round, and shifting them from one end of the garden to the other.
- Bullets whizzed past us as our fellow soldiers laid down round after round of cover fire.
- He likes the traffic noise, the zoom of cars whizzing up and down Great Western Road.
- Cars whizz round the one-way system, trapping pedestrians on a small triangular island in the middle of the flow.
- Suddenly the silence was interrupted by the sound of arrows whizzing and striking soft objects.
- Missiles and bullets whizzed past his car, only narrowly avoiding the tail.
- He was standing on the sidewalk next to some busy street and cars whizzed past at unimaginable speeds.
- It was while his fingers were working on those buttons and his balance was slightly affected, that a bullet came whizzing past his horse's ear.
- Just the sound of the ball whizzing past me as I was struck out yet again.
- I'd already spent an hour at a bus stop in the ‘burbs, staring at the cars whizzing past, going about their business.
- To most of the 80,000 petrolheads who will fill the stands at the Kent circuit, A1 is another reason to spend Sunday afternoons watching cars whizzing round in circles.
- Residents have been complaining about the sound of engines and bikes whizzing past them as they walk on footpaths.
- He unloaded a few rounds that whizzed right in front of her nose.
- Powerful legs lifted Copperhead off the ground as 7.62 mm rounds whizzed by, narrowly missing their targets.
- A bullet whizzed past her leg, close enough to tear her dress.
Synonyms
zoom, streak, tear, shoot, dash, dart, fly, whistle, hurtle, rush, hurry, bolt, race, bound, speed, career, charge, hare, whoosh, buzz
1. 1.1 Move or go quickly.
  cobbled streets where people whizzed back and forth on bicycles
  figurative the weeks whizzed by
  〈喻〉时间飞逝，一周又一周。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We were seated right next to the pitch and the ball came whizzing past us a few times.
  Now she whizzes round the streets, seeing friends, going to the shops and going to school.
  Through an arrangement of squares and a glass window he could see the city and countryside whizzing past; the speed was unpleasant, and it nauseated him.
  I bounded at top speed down the hallway, whizzing past a few folks who were walking the other way.
  It's those damned cyclists speeding up behind without warning, scaring the living daylights out of you as they whizz past, that are the menaces.
  And, perhaps because the routine is the same every day, time seems to be whizzing past as if someone had overwound the clock.
  Some think it's fun to whizz over the speed hump and see how fast they can take off.
  I knew nothing until I felt the heat behind me and saw pieces of debris whizzing past me.
  The noise levels rose by more than a few decibels, while the games whizzed by at such speed that they made Concorde look slow.
  But driving home that night, with the day's events whizzing round in my head, I did wonder if we were just preaching to the converted.
  They seem to whiz by so quickly, compared with when you were young.
  I shall wave to Coventry tonight as we whizz past on the M6.
  Lord Dholakia took one look, then whizzed away at impressive speed for one so short.
  The streets of Solyana whizzed past them at breakneck speed.
  Anna, my sister, would pass out almost instantly, while it would turn my big brother David into a speed freak, whizzing around the house like a mad thing.
  As Cezanne country whizzes past on the way home, I settle in and start to dream, colours blurring in the warmth of the mid-afternoon champagne whoosh.
  Ali shouted to me to hold on tight because he thought he could see some fish, and sure enough, the line on the double-handed rod started whizzing away at high speed.
  Pictures of places and people whizzed past them quickly.
  It's chunky and nippy and it's perfect for whizzing round the country roads.
  The first time Howard Wright went to the new Paddington Waterside development, he drove straight past, whizzing up the Edgware Road and into Maida Vale before he realised his mistake.
2. 1.2whizz through Do or deal with quickly.
  迅速处理，飞快地做
  Audrey would whizz through a few chores in the shop
  奥德丽将迅速处理完店里的一些杂事。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Read on as Michael Stusser whizzes through the bizarre world of Japanese lunch art.
  A new wall painting by Richard Long and Monet's Waterlilies gaze at each other balefully and the visitor just whizzes through.
  This is ideal for anyone whizzing through in a lunch-break (although it is perfectly possible to take a leisurely stroll through all the rooms in an hour).
  He whizzes through the kind of past American legends are made of, everything carefully documented and produced at the proper stage of the recitation.
  Once you've cracked the control and played through the levels once or twice, you can whizz through the game very quickly.
  I whizzed through Year 2 without getting caught.
  Excited, she whizzes through the rest of the vacuuming.
  We'd whizz through slicing and wrapping and try to get the quota done as quickly as possible.
  I whizzed through my GCSEs, acing geography with the only perfect score in the country.
  One of these whizzes through about 30 variations of a skeletonised ‘Little Brown Jug’ with witty compositional virtuosity.
3. 1.3with object Blend (ingredients) in a food processor or liquidizer.
  whizz the mixture to a smooth paste
  将混合料搅拌至糊状。
  Example sentencesExamples
  To make the pastry, briefly whiz the butter, flour and sugar in the food processor until it is rough crumbs.
  You whizz everything together in a food processor, spread the mixture over a large baking tray, then freeze it for an hour.
  Shortly before serving, whiz the tapenade ingredients in a food processor until smooth.
  In a food processor, whizz the cream cheese and pepper till smooth, adding a spoonful of cream if needed to soften.
  Minced lamb or beef is whizzed in the food processor with the spices, fresh herbs and onion, then threaded on to thick, flat metal skewers or shaped into meatballs and cooked on a grill or in a hot pan.
  In a food processor, whizz the egg yolks, lemon juice, salt and pepper until pale and smooth.
  To make the hoummos, combine the chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt, tahina and water in a food processor and whiz them to a creamy purée, adding more water if needed.
  You can stick a vanilla pod into a jar of sugar to flavour it, or for a more rounded taste, you can whizz the sugar with the whole pod or just the seeds in an electric mixer.
  Remove the muslin bag then whiz the vegetables and liquid in a food processor or blender until smooth.
  But soon the mystery is resolved when he adds cold butter, to reduce the temperature, and whizzes the mixture with an electric whisk until it is frothy.
  Roughly chop the beetroot and whiz it in a food processor or blender with the garlic, pine nuts, grated Parmesan and sea salt.
  To make the pancakes, whiz the flour, salt, eggs and milk until smooth in a food blender or liquidiser.
  Meanwhile, make the pesto: whizz the rocket, pine nuts and cheese in a food processor with about 6 tbsp oil - enough to give a thick paste- and season to taste.
  Here, add a few drops to the mixture as you whiz it in the processor.
  Make the pastry case by whizzing the flour and butter in a food processor until they resemble fine breadcrumbs.
  Just whiz some of the bread in a food processor until it becomes a pile of coarse crumbs.
  Drain the oranges, cut into quarters, discard any major pips, and whiz the rest, including peel, in the food-processor, then cool.
  Some shred the beetroot, some julienne it, and some cube it, while modernists whiz it in a food processor.
  Don't be tempted to whiz the potatoes in a food processor, though, or you'll end up with a gluey goo.
  While the mixture churns, whiz the strawberries to a purée in a food processor.
2informal Urinate.
〈非正式〉撒尿
Example sentencesExamples
- But its not socially acceptable to even discuss whether those views originate from the almighty or a drunken guy whizzing on a tree stump.

noun wɪz

1A whistling or buzzing sound made by something moving fast through the air.
飕飕声，呼呼声，嘶嘶声，嘘嘘声
Example sentencesExamples
- Other than that, the £25m building site at the Vauxhall End drowned out the noise of the cricket with whirrings and crashes, whizzes and bangs.
- A bullet ripped through the air above his head with a whizz, another round thudded into the muddy ground nearby.
- I can add whizzes, bangs and sparkles really easily.
- There was a faint twang, followed by a quiet whiz, as a crossbow bolt flew through the air and collided with a thump into the side of the vent.
- When she switches it on, the sound is so familiar, it's the furious whiz of a laundry load in its last spin.
- Add in the fact that when the actual image is being produced, the tube thumps and bangs and whizzes, while the technician is telling you to hold your breath!
- The roar of the tank, the buzz of the jeep, and the sudden whiz of the banshee add the right amount of ambiance to an action game.
- Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed.
- He fired and there was a huge bang, followed by a whiz.
- There were no whizzes, screeches and oohs and aaahs.
1. 1.1informal in singular A fast movement or brief tour.
  〈非正式〉迅速的移动，匆匆的巡游
  a quick whizz around the research-and-development facility
  对研究开发机构的匆匆参观。
  Example sentencesExamples
  A quick whiz around the New York streets today showed how little people were shopping in the run-up to Christmas.
  So I took the wife with me planning to have a quick whiz around the shop looking at the prices and stuff.
  All that remained was a quick whizz round a few interesting features of the park - the Mangrove Channel, the fissures from an earthquake in the 80s and the Magic Lagoon.
  But 76-year-old Nat did not mind one bit as he threw himself into the action with a few games of table football and a quick whizz around the pool table.
  On a brief whiz round the village last week, I identified sixteen building sites, large and small, where work was in progress from the new fence at the Golf Club to the lounge at the rear of Harry's Bar.
  And it'd be a whizz around the garden, shifting the compost heap and the like.
  We joined my Mum, Dad, Uncle Michael and my parents' neighbour for coffee followed by a whiz around the market.
  For many people in Ireland, the autumn break means a trip to France by ferry to have a quick whizz around Normandy or Brittany, where they usually have just a little more sunshine than us.
  Other highlights of the weekend were seeing Alison Lapper Pregnant, and a swift whizz around the National Portrait Gallery on Sunday morning.
  So send the children out for another whizz around the shops and indulge yourself for a while.
2informal A person who is extremely clever at something.
〈非正式〉极其聪明的人，奇才
a computer whizz
Example sentencesExamples
- Aside from being a whiz at cutting and styling hair, he also understands our hair needs.
- Rob Schmidt, a whiz with electronic devices, is a firm believer in honesty, telling you anything, no matter how awkward the position.
- ‘So, they tell me you're a bit of a wiz at this online retail stuff,’ I mention in passing, once we've got the introductory formalities out of the way.
- This is the second sequel to the superhit action flick Mission Impossible and has been directed by JJ Abrams, the whiz behind television serials like Alias and Lost.
- People often envision a costume designer as a sewing whiz with a mouthful of pins and a faithful dressmaker's dummy.
- Levitt is clearly a whizz with numbers, great long strings of them, as he demonstrates during the book following this slightly jarring, self-deprecating introduction.
- I'm a bit of a wiz with a text editor, so creating files should be a snap.
- My aunt used to be the cooking wiz in our family.
- This slim fast-talking man is a whiz with an auction hammer.
- I had become a wiz with the computer, and all of the librarians relied on me.
- As I have proved myself to be the creative whiz around the place, most of it fell to me.
- But then, the history and culinary whizzes among you (who are probably shaking your heads sadly by now) probably already knew that.
- It turns out that Rooftop, the pot-smoking penitent, was a whiz at Latin when he was in Catholic school.
- Guitar whiz Sterling was first heard by the rock community as the electric player for the Joint Chiefs, prior to releasing two fine solo blues CDs.
- She, being a financial wiz, had told me to transfer my balance to a card with 0% APR, and then transfer it again after nine months.
- Luckily, my mom is a wiz at computer stuff and she's managed to restore Windows without damaging any of my data (at least, it appears that way).
- If I was a science wiz, do you think I'd be in summer school in the first place?
- I'm not a marketing whiz, but now that the Alliance brand has been defeated and moribund for 3 years, it's over as a political brand.
- I'm not the best cook, but I'm a wiz with laundry.
- Julian Cope, former rock god and pagan poet, has an oddly Establishment sideline - he's a whizz on archeology, as his latest book proves.
Synonyms
genius, expert, master, master hand, artist, maestro, prodigy, marvel, adept, past master, specialist, skilled person, professional, doyen, authority, veteran
3North American informal An act of urinating.
〈北美，非正式〉撒尿
Example sentencesExamples
- They now leave the door open so that Carol Ann can go in there on her own and have a whiz.
- Go stand in corner, take a whiz, shake it off, zip up.
- Mind you, I do prefer to sneak outside sometimes and just have a whiz on the lemon tree in the backyard.
- You walk into the theater's basement, you look, you go take a whizz, you come out, you look again, you check your zipper, and then you leave.
4British informal mass noun Amphetamines.
〈英，非正式〉苯丙胺，苯齐巨林，安非他明
Example sentencesExamples
- Cops hid two bags of whizz to demonstrate their sniffer dog's prowess, but only one was retrieved.
- And jackdaws say they can sort you for whiz, pills and charlie.
- They appear to be the result of a terrifying experiment involving monkeys, The Libertines, The Fall and a bathtub full of bad homemade whizz.
- It was the cool thing to get drunk, take trips or whiz etc.
- Oh, and a wrap of whizz for those all-nighters at Wigan Casino or the Mecca in Blackpool.
- Maybe if you don't take whizz or drink booze we can have a lovely time together.
- He handed me my passport and I was out of there quicker than a whippet on whizz.
- Our band is like The Clash down Sesame Street with a bag of pink whizz, don't you think?

Origin

Mid 16th century: imitative.

Rhymes

biz, Cadíz, Cadiz, fizz, frizz, gee-whiz, his, is, Liz, Ms, phiz, quiz, squiz, swizz, tizz, viz, wiz, zizz

词汇	whizz
释义	Definition of whizz in English: whizz (North American whiz) verbwhizzing, whizzed, whizzes wɪz [no object] 1with adverbial of direction Move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound. 飕飕地移动，呼呼地飞驰 the missiles whizzed past 伊拉克的导弹飕飕地飞驰而过。 Example sentencesExamples The sound of cars whizzing by on the lonely suburban road always had a calming effect on him. The control tower is so noisy with aeroplanes whizzing past. The sounds of armor-piercing bullets and missiles whizzing past your head is eerily believable. Balancing on the verge with traffic whizzing past close behind me was hair raising. Synth notes bob, bend and warble, producing a strange, droning, Doppler effect, whizzing past the listener like vehicles on a Tron superhighway. The wind was playing tricks, lifting heaps of dried leaves, whizzing them round, and shifting them from one end of the garden to the other. Bullets whizzed past us as our fellow soldiers laid down round after round of cover fire. He likes the traffic noise, the zoom of cars whizzing up and down Great Western Road. Cars whizz round the one-way system, trapping pedestrians on a small triangular island in the middle of the flow. Suddenly the silence was interrupted by the sound of arrows whizzing and striking soft objects. Missiles and bullets whizzed past his car, only narrowly avoiding the tail. He was standing on the sidewalk next to some busy street and cars whizzed past at unimaginable speeds. It was while his fingers were working on those buttons and his balance was slightly affected, that a bullet came whizzing past his horse's ear. Just the sound of the ball whizzing past me as I was struck out yet again. I'd already spent an hour at a bus stop in the ‘burbs, staring at the cars whizzing past, going about their business. To most of the 80,000 petrolheads who will fill the stands at the Kent circuit, A1 is another reason to spend Sunday afternoons watching cars whizzing round in circles. Residents have been complaining about the sound of engines and bikes whizzing past them as they walk on footpaths. He unloaded a few rounds that whizzed right in front of her nose. Powerful legs lifted Copperhead off the ground as 7.62 mm rounds whizzed by, narrowly missing their targets. A bullet whizzed past her leg, close enough to tear her dress. Synonyms zoom, streak, tear, shoot, dash, dart, fly, whistle, hurtle, rush, hurry, bolt, race, bound, speed, career, charge, hare, whoosh, buzz 1.1 Move or go quickly. cobbled streets where people whizzed back and forth on bicycles figurative the weeks whizzed by 〈喻〉时间飞逝，一周又一周。 Example sentencesExamples We were seated right next to the pitch and the ball came whizzing past us a few times. Now she whizzes round the streets, seeing friends, going to the shops and going to school. Through an arrangement of squares and a glass window he could see the city and countryside whizzing past; the speed was unpleasant, and it nauseated him. I bounded at top speed down the hallway, whizzing past a few folks who were walking the other way. It's those damned cyclists speeding up behind without warning, scaring the living daylights out of you as they whizz past, that are the menaces. And, perhaps because the routine is the same every day, time seems to be whizzing past as if someone had overwound the clock. Some think it's fun to whizz over the speed hump and see how fast they can take off. I knew nothing until I felt the heat behind me and saw pieces of debris whizzing past me. The noise levels rose by more than a few decibels, while the games whizzed by at such speed that they made Concorde look slow. But driving home that night, with the day's events whizzing round in my head, I did wonder if we were just preaching to the converted. They seem to whiz by so quickly, compared with when you were young. I shall wave to Coventry tonight as we whizz past on the M6. Lord Dholakia took one look, then whizzed away at impressive speed for one so short. The streets of Solyana whizzed past them at breakneck speed. Anna, my sister, would pass out almost instantly, while it would turn my big brother David into a speed freak, whizzing around the house like a mad thing. As Cezanne country whizzes past on the way home, I settle in and start to dream, colours blurring in the warmth of the mid-afternoon champagne whoosh. Ali shouted to me to hold on tight because he thought he could see some fish, and sure enough, the line on the double-handed rod started whizzing away at high speed. Pictures of places and people whizzed past them quickly. It's chunky and nippy and it's perfect for whizzing round the country roads. The first time Howard Wright went to the new Paddington Waterside development, he drove straight past, whizzing up the Edgware Road and into Maida Vale before he realised his mistake. 1.2whizz through Do or deal with quickly. 迅速处理，飞快地做 Audrey would whizz through a few chores in the shop 奥德丽将迅速处理完店里的一些杂事。 Example sentencesExamples Read on as Michael Stusser whizzes through the bizarre world of Japanese lunch art. A new wall painting by Richard Long and Monet's Waterlilies gaze at each other balefully and the visitor just whizzes through. This is ideal for anyone whizzing through in a lunch-break (although it is perfectly possible to take a leisurely stroll through all the rooms in an hour). He whizzes through the kind of past American legends are made of, everything carefully documented and produced at the proper stage of the recitation. Once you've cracked the control and played through the levels once or twice, you can whizz through the game very quickly. I whizzed through Year 2 without getting caught. Excited, she whizzes through the rest of the vacuuming. We'd whizz through slicing and wrapping and try to get the quota done as quickly as possible. I whizzed through my GCSEs, acing geography with the only perfect score in the country. One of these whizzes through about 30 variations of a skeletonised ‘Little Brown Jug’ with witty compositional virtuosity. 1.3with object Blend (ingredients) in a food processor or liquidizer. whizz the mixture to a smooth paste 将混合料搅拌至糊状。 Example sentencesExamples To make the pastry, briefly whiz the butter, flour and sugar in the food processor until it is rough crumbs. You whizz everything together in a food processor, spread the mixture over a large baking tray, then freeze it for an hour. Shortly before serving, whiz the tapenade ingredients in a food processor until smooth. In a food processor, whizz the cream cheese and pepper till smooth, adding a spoonful of cream if needed to soften. Minced lamb or beef is whizzed in the food processor with the spices, fresh herbs and onion, then threaded on to thick, flat metal skewers or shaped into meatballs and cooked on a grill or in a hot pan. In a food processor, whizz the egg yolks, lemon juice, salt and pepper until pale and smooth. To make the hoummos, combine the chickpeas, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, salt, tahina and water in a food processor and whiz them to a creamy purée, adding more water if needed. You can stick a vanilla pod into a jar of sugar to flavour it, or for a more rounded taste, you can whizz the sugar with the whole pod or just the seeds in an electric mixer. Remove the muslin bag then whiz the vegetables and liquid in a food processor or blender until smooth. But soon the mystery is resolved when he adds cold butter, to reduce the temperature, and whizzes the mixture with an electric whisk until it is frothy. Roughly chop the beetroot and whiz it in a food processor or blender with the garlic, pine nuts, grated Parmesan and sea salt. To make the pancakes, whiz the flour, salt, eggs and milk until smooth in a food blender or liquidiser. Meanwhile, make the pesto: whizz the rocket, pine nuts and cheese in a food processor with about 6 tbsp oil - enough to give a thick paste- and season to taste. Here, add a few drops to the mixture as you whiz it in the processor. Make the pastry case by whizzing the flour and butter in a food processor until they resemble fine breadcrumbs. Just whiz some of the bread in a food processor until it becomes a pile of coarse crumbs. Drain the oranges, cut into quarters, discard any major pips, and whiz the rest, including peel, in the food-processor, then cool. Some shred the beetroot, some julienne it, and some cube it, while modernists whiz it in a food processor. Don't be tempted to whiz the potatoes in a food processor, though, or you'll end up with a gluey goo. While the mixture churns, whiz the strawberries to a purée in a food processor. 2informal Urinate. 〈非正式〉撒尿 Example sentencesExamples But its not socially acceptable to even discuss whether those views originate from the almighty or a drunken guy whizzing on a tree stump. noun wɪz 1A whistling or buzzing sound made by something moving fast through the air. 飕飕声，呼呼声，嘶嘶声，嘘嘘声 Example sentencesExamples Other than that, the £25m building site at the Vauxhall End drowned out the noise of the cricket with whirrings and crashes, whizzes and bangs. A bullet ripped through the air above his head with a whizz, another round thudded into the muddy ground nearby. I can add whizzes, bangs and sparkles really easily. There was a faint twang, followed by a quiet whiz, as a crossbow bolt flew through the air and collided with a thump into the side of the vent. When she switches it on, the sound is so familiar, it's the furious whiz of a laundry load in its last spin. Add in the fact that when the actual image is being produced, the tube thumps and bangs and whizzes, while the technician is telling you to hold your breath! The roar of the tank, the buzz of the jeep, and the sudden whiz of the banshee add the right amount of ambiance to an action game. Those with a hearty appetite for the whiz of bullets, the bang of artillery, dying declarations, famous last words, and eyewitness accounts of the face of battle will not be disappointed. He fired and there was a huge bang, followed by a whiz. There were no whizzes, screeches and oohs and aaahs. 1.1informal in singular A fast movement or brief tour. 〈非正式〉迅速的移动，匆匆的巡游 a quick whizz around the research-and-development facility 对研究开发机构的匆匆参观。 Example sentencesExamples A quick whiz around the New York streets today showed how little people were shopping in the run-up to Christmas. So I took the wife with me planning to have a quick whiz around the shop looking at the prices and stuff. All that remained was a quick whizz round a few interesting features of the park - the Mangrove Channel, the fissures from an earthquake in the 80s and the Magic Lagoon. But 76-year-old Nat did not mind one bit as he threw himself into the action with a few games of table football and a quick whizz around the pool table. On a brief whiz round the village last week, I identified sixteen building sites, large and small, where work was in progress from the new fence at the Golf Club to the lounge at the rear of Harry's Bar. And it'd be a whizz around the garden, shifting the compost heap and the like. We joined my Mum, Dad, Uncle Michael and my parents' neighbour for coffee followed by a whiz around the market. For many people in Ireland, the autumn break means a trip to France by ferry to have a quick whizz around Normandy or Brittany, where they usually have just a little more sunshine than us. Other highlights of the weekend were seeing Alison Lapper Pregnant, and a swift whizz around the National Portrait Gallery on Sunday morning. So send the children out for another whizz around the shops and indulge yourself for a while. 2informal A person who is extremely clever at something. 〈非正式〉极其聪明的人，奇才 a computer whizz Example sentencesExamples Aside from being a whiz at cutting and styling hair, he also understands our hair needs. Rob Schmidt, a whiz with electronic devices, is a firm believer in honesty, telling you anything, no matter how awkward the position. ‘So, they tell me you're a bit of a wiz at this online retail stuff,’ I mention in passing, once we've got the introductory formalities out of the way. This is the second sequel to the superhit action flick Mission Impossible and has been directed by JJ Abrams, the whiz behind television serials like Alias and Lost. People often envision a costume designer as a sewing whiz with a mouthful of pins and a faithful dressmaker's dummy. Levitt is clearly a whizz with numbers, great long strings of them, as he demonstrates during the book following this slightly jarring, self-deprecating introduction. I'm a bit of a wiz with a text editor, so creating files should be a snap. My aunt used to be the cooking wiz in our family. This slim fast-talking man is a whiz with an auction hammer. I had become a wiz with the computer, and all of the librarians relied on me. As I have proved myself to be the creative whiz around the place, most of it fell to me. But then, the history and culinary whizzes among you (who are probably shaking your heads sadly by now) probably already knew that. It turns out that Rooftop, the pot-smoking penitent, was a whiz at Latin when he was in Catholic school. Guitar whiz Sterling was first heard by the rock community as the electric player for the Joint Chiefs, prior to releasing two fine solo blues CDs. She, being a financial wiz, had told me to transfer my balance to a card with 0% APR, and then transfer it again after nine months. Luckily, my mom is a wiz at computer stuff and she's managed to restore Windows without damaging any of my data (at least, it appears that way). If I was a science wiz, do you think I'd be in summer school in the first place? I'm not a marketing whiz, but now that the Alliance brand has been defeated and moribund for 3 years, it's over as a political brand. I'm not the best cook, but I'm a wiz with laundry. Julian Cope, former rock god and pagan poet, has an oddly Establishment sideline - he's a whizz on archeology, as his latest book proves. Synonyms genius, expert, master, master hand, artist, maestro, prodigy, marvel, adept, past master, specialist, skilled person, professional, doyen, authority, veteran 3North American informal An act of urinating. 〈北美，非正式〉撒尿 Example sentencesExamples They now leave the door open so that Carol Ann can go in there on her own and have a whiz. Go stand in corner, take a whiz, shake it off, zip up. Mind you, I do prefer to sneak outside sometimes and just have a whiz on the lemon tree in the backyard. You walk into the theater's basement, you look, you go take a whizz, you come out, you look again, you check your zipper, and then you leave. 4British informal mass noun Amphetamines. 〈英，非正式〉苯丙胺，苯齐巨林，安非他明 Example sentencesExamples Cops hid two bags of whizz to demonstrate their sniffer dog's prowess, but only one was retrieved. And jackdaws say they can sort you for whiz, pills and charlie. They appear to be the result of a terrifying experiment involving monkeys, The Libertines, The Fall and a bathtub full of bad homemade whizz. It was the cool thing to get drunk, take trips or whiz etc. Oh, and a wrap of whizz for those all-nighters at Wigan Casino or the Mecca in Blackpool. Maybe if you don't take whizz or drink booze we can have a lovely time together. He handed me my passport and I was out of there quicker than a whippet on whizz. Our band is like The Clash down Sesame Street with a bag of pink whizz, don't you think? Origin Mid 16th century: imitative. Rhymes biz, Cadíz, Cadiz, fizz, frizz, gee-whiz, his, is, Liz, Ms, phiz, quiz, squiz, swizz, tizz, viz, wiz, zizz
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