n. & v. (also whizz) colloq.
--n.
1. the sound made by the friction of a body moving through the air at great speed.
2 (also wiz) colloq. a person who is remarkable or skilful in some respect (is a whiz at chess).
--v.intr. (whizzed, whizzing) move with or make a whiz.
Phrases and idioms:
whiz-bang colloq.
1. a high-velocity shell from a small-calibre gun, whose passage is heard before the gun's report.
2 a jumping kind of firework. whiz-kid colloq. a brilliant or highly successful young person.
Etymology: imit.: in sense 2 infl. by WIZARD