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whizz

noun verb

A whirring or hissing sound (as above).

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Word Facts

Word length
5
Starts with
W
Ends with
Z
Contains
HI
Scrabble score
29
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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Definitions

noun

  1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).

  2. Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.

  3. (especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.

    “I have to take a whiz.”

  4. Amphetamine.

  5. (with "the") Pickpocketing.

verb

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.

  2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.

  3. To throw or spin rapidly.

  4. To urinate.

    “We whizzed in the bushes.”

In context

Example Sentences

I have to take a whiz.
We whizzed in the bushes.
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