whiz
verb[I+ adv/prep]
USinformal(UKwhizz)us/wɪz/uk/wɪz/-zz-tomoveor do something veryfast:
Apolicecarwhizzedby, onitsway to theaccident.
We whizzedthroughtherehearsal, so that we'd befinishedbylunchtime.
Time just whizzespastwhen you'reenjoyingyourself.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
whiz
noun[Cusually singular]
US(UKwhizz)us/wɪz/uk/wɪz/whiznoun[C usually singular](EXPERT)
informal approving
apersonwith a very highlevelofskillorknowledgein aparticularsubject:
acomputerwhiz
He's a whizatpoker.
Synonym
hotshotmainlyUSinformal
an intelligent person
- geniusThe system must have been designed by a mathematical genius.
- prodigyHe was something of a prodigy on the piano.
- child prodigyShe was labeled as a child prodigy by her early teachers.
- eggheadThe eggheads at the university have been working on this for years.
- brainsThe well-known comedian is the brains behind the new sitcom.
- whiz-kidUSThey hired some 24-year-old whiz-kid to lead the firm.
Experts and specialists
- academician
- artist
- authority
- boffin
- child prodigy
- doyen
- doyenne
- hotshot
- knowsomethinginside outidiom
- lapidary
- literati
- maven
- Renaissance man
- savant
- semiotician
- skilled
- smart money
- superuser
- virtuoso
- whizz