whiz

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss.

verb

  1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
  2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
  3. To throw or spin rapidly.
  4. (vulgar, slang) To urinate.
    We whizzed in the bushes.
    The first thing Howard did following Vi's departure was to haul the step-stool over to the kitchen sink and whiz into the drain again. 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

noun

  1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
  2. (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
    The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces. 1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 77
  3. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.
    I have to take a whiz.
  4. (UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
    And I don't quite understand just what this feeling is / But that's okay cause we're all sorted out for E's and wizz 1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp
  5. (UK, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
    This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […] 2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob, page 40

Etymology 2

See with.

prep

  1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of with.

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