whizzing

From the verb whiz: (⇒ conjugate)

whizzing is: ⓘ

v pres p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

whiz¹ or whizz /hwɪz, wɪz/   v., whizzed, whiz•zing, n. 
v. [no object]

1. to make or move with a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as of an object flying quickly through the air:
   A cloud of hornets whizzed by.

n. [countable]

2. Informal Terms a very skillful person;
   expert:
   She's always been a whiz at math.
3. a whizzing sound:
   the whiz of the bullets passing by.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

whiz¹  (hwiz, wiz), v., whizzed, whiz•zing, n. 
v.i. 

1. to make a humming, buzzing, or hissing sound, as an object passing swiftly through the air.
2. to move or rush with such a sound:
   The angry hornets whizzed by in a cloud.

v.t. 

3. to cause to whiz.
4. to treat with a whizzer.

n. 

5. Informal Terms a person who is quite good at a particular activity, in a certain field, etc.:
   She's a whiz at math.
6. the sound of a whizzing object.
7. a swift movement producing such a sound.

Also, whizz. 

• 1540–50; imitative; compare fizz

whiz′zing•ly, adv. 

whiz²  (hwiz, wiz), n. 

1. Informal Terms wizard (def. 3).

• by shortening