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# whizz

verb (whizz, whizzes, whizzed, whizzing); noun (a whizz, whizzes); also spelled whiz (mainly US)

«whizz» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To whizz is to move very fast, often with a buzzing or whistling sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#m1)
2. A whizz (informal) is a person who is very good at something: a maths whizz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#m2)
3. To whizz through something is to do it very quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk it describes fast bikes, cars and arrows. In school, a "maths whizz" or "computer whizz" is someone very skilled. Phrases: whizz past, whizz by, whizz through, a whizz at, whizz-kid.

### Examples

- A bike whizzed past us on the path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x1)
- She is a whizz at mental maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x2)
- I whizzed through my homework. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x3)
- Arrows whizzed over the castle wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x4)
- The fireworks whizzed into the sky. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x5)
- My little brother is a computer whizz. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x6)
- Whizz! went the Catherine Wheel, as she spun round and round. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/#x7)

### Note

UK spelling whizz, US whiz. Forms: whizzes, whizzed, whizzing. A "whizz-kid" is a young person who is very clever or successful. (UK slang, adults) whizz can also be a name for a drug — avoid.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «whizz» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whizz/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«whizz» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/whizz.html) on Mova free.