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- [hwiz, wiz]
- /ʰwɪz, wɪz/
- /wɪz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [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
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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
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms 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.
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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