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whizzed

whiz
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hwiz, wiz]
    • /ʰwɪz, wɪz/
    • /wɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hwiz, wiz]
    • /ʰwɪz, wɪz/

Definitions of whizzed word

  • verb without object whizzed to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air. 1
  • verb without object whizzed to move or rush with such a sound: The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud. 1
  • verb with object whizzed to cause to whiz. 1
  • verb with object whizzed to treat with a whizzer. 1
  • noun whizzed Informal. a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.: She's a whiz at math. 1
  • noun whizzed the sound of a whizzing object. 1

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Origin of whizzed

First appearance:

before 1540
One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; imitative; cf. fizz

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Whizzed

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

whizzed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 58% 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.

whizzed usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for whizzed

noun whizzed

  • marveled — something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy: The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
  • starred — celebrated, prominent, or distinguished; preeminent: a star basketball player; a star reporter.
  • wondered — to think or speculate curiously: to wonder about the origin of the solar system.

verb whizzed

  • whirred — to go, fly, revolve, or otherwise move quickly with a humming or buzzing sound: An electric fan whirred softly in the corner.
  • hummed — to make a low, continuous, droning sound.
  • hissed — to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
  • buzzed — a low, vibrating, humming sound, as of bees, machinery, or people talking.
  • rattled — to give out or cause a rapid succession of short, sharp sounds, as in consequence of agitation and repeated concussions: The windows rattled in their frames.

adjective whizzed

  • smarted — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
  • vetted — veterinarian.
  • keened — a wailing lament for the dead.

Antonyms for whizzed

noun whizzed

  • apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.

verb whizzed

  • dawdled — to waste time; idle; trifle; loiter: Stop dawdling and help me with these packages!
  • delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
  • decelerated — Simple past tense and past participle of decelerate.

Top questions with whizzed

  • what does whizzed mean?
  • what is a whizzed coin?

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