whiz-kid

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwiz, wiz kid]
- /ʰwɪz, wɪz kɪd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hwiz, wiz kid]
- /ʰwɪz, wɪz kɪd/

Definitions of whiz-kid word

adjective whiz-kid of, relating to, or being a whiz kid: a whiz-kid sales manager. 1
noun whiz-kid a youthful and exceptionally intelligent, successful, or influential person in a given field: the whiz kid of network programming. 1
countable noun whiz-kid If you refer to a young person as a whiz-kid, you mean that they have achieved success at a young age because they are very clever and very good at something, especially making money. 0
noun whiz-kid an exceptionally talented and comparatively young person, esp. a newcomer, who shows great promise in a particular field 0
noun whiz-kid Alternative spelling of whiz kid. 0

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Origin of whiz-kid

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Whiz-kid

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Whiz-kid

whiz-kid popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.