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# whiz

«whiz» in Mova's school dictionary: **very good at something: a maths whiz** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a whiz, whizzes; also whizz — UK); verb (whiz, whizzes, whizzed, whizzing); interjection (whiz!)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A person who is very good at something: a maths whiz. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#m1)

2) (verb) To move very fast, often with a buzzing or whistling sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#m2)

3) (noun) A whistling or buzzing sound of something going fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#m3)

4) (UK, informal verb) «whizz up»: to mix food quickly in a blender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk: «She's a whiz at maths.» In stories: bikes, arrows or rockets whiz past. In cooking: whizz the soup until smooth. Tells the reader something is fast or someone is clever.

### examples

- My brother is a whiz at computer games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x1)
- Cars whizzed past on the motorway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x2)
- An arrow whizzed over his head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x3)
- She's a real maths whiz: she did the sums in her head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x4)
- Whizz the bananas and milk in the blender. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x5)
- Whiz! The rocket shot into the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x6)
- The last bubble of his happiness had burst, with a whiz and a whir, and I rushed away from the gold-maker's house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/#x7)

### note

Spelt «whiz» (US) or «whizz» (UK, Ireland, Australia). Past: whizzed. «Whizz-kid» = a clever young person. Informal; in formal writing use «expert». Do not confuse with «wiz»/«wizard».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «whiz» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/whiz/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.