Antonyms for whiz

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : hwiz, wiz

Phonetic Transcription : ʰwɪz, wɪz

Definition of whiz

Origin : "clever person," 1914, probably a special use of whiz "something remarkable" (1908), an extended sense of whizz; or perhaps a shortened form of wizard. Noun phrase whiz kid is from 1930s, a take-off on a radio show's quiz kid.

noun very intelligent person
verb move quickly by

Example sentences :

Then wielding the sword aloft, he made it whiz past Mr. Landor's neck.
Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

A flash—a report—and the whiz of a bullet told him that he was observed.
Extract from : « Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks » by Bracebridge Hemyng

He was about to go on to say that he wondered if he would be caught at all, when—whiz!
Extract from : « Zodiac Town » by Nancy Byrd Turner

The other ferry-boats have a comical appearance as they whirl and whiz past us.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various

They had not gone many hundred yards before I heard the whiz of a bullet.
Extract from : « Adventures in Many Lands » by Various

Bang went the gun, whiz went the rocket, almost at the same moment.
Extract from : « Black Ivory » by R.M. Ballantyne

The school shivered as they saw it whiz straight for the weak point.
Extract from : « The Willoughby Captains » by Talbot Baines Reed

We had not gained more than a hundred yards when the whiz of an arrow met our ears.
Extract from : « The Privateersman » by Frederick Marryat

You should have heard me whiz, and seen the electric fur fly!
Extract from : « Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven » by Mark Twain

And each of the seven lifted up his voice and said, It is a whiz.
Extract from : « The Innocents Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for whiz

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