Whiz

  • 51whiz-kid — /hwiz kid , wiz /, adj. of, pertaining to, or being a whiz kid: a whiz kid sales manager. [1940 45] * * * …

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  • 52whiz kid —    A whiz kid is someone, usually young, who is very talented and successful at doing something.     Apparently the new engineer knows what he s doing a real whiz kid from what I ve heard …

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  • 53whiz-bang — n. /hwiz bang , wiz /; adj. /hwiz bang , wiz /, n. 1. Mil. a small, high speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion. 2. a firecracker with a similar effect. 3. Informal. whiz1 (def. 5) …

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  • 54whiz kid — Informal. a youthful and exceptionally intelligent, successful, or influential person in a given field: the whiz kid of network programming. [1940 45] * * * …

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  • 55whiz kid —  not whizz , is generally the preferred spelling, though most dictionaries recognize both. The same applies for whiz bang, but with the addition of a hyphen …

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  • 56whiz-bang — /ˈwɪz bæŋ/ (say wiz bang) noun 1. World War I a shell fired from a small calibre, high velocity German gun. 2. a firework making such a sound. 3. the sound itself. –verb (i) 4. to make such a sound. –adjective 5. Colloquial first rate, especially …

  • 57whiz — 1. verb /wɪz/ a) To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air b) To rush or move swiftly with such a sound 2. noun /wɪz/ …

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  • 58WHIZ — TV 18, Zanesville, Ohio (Community » TV Stations) …

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  • 59whiz — Synonyms and related words: ace, adept, assibilate, assibilation, ball the jack, barrel, beaut, birr, bombilate, bombinate, boom, bowl along, breeze, breeze along, brush, bullet, bum, burr, buzz, clip, corker, crackerjack, cut along, dab, dabster …

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  • 60whiz —  , whizzed, whizzing …

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