See whiz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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},
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"To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air."
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[
"hissing",
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[
"air",
"air"
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"sense": "to make a whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "фуча"
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"_dis1": "94 6 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make a whirring or hissing sound",
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{
"_dis1": "94 6 0 0",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to make a whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "sähistä"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make a whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "zischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "94 6 0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make a whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "süvít"
}
]
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{
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"To rush or move swiftly with such a sound."
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"word": "профучавам"
},
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"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
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"roman": "hūxiào",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "呼啸"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "humista"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "suhahtaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "rauschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "düsen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "zischen"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "schwirren"
},
{
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "süvít"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "száguld"
},
{
"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "soprar com forte rugido"
},
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"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "soplar con un fuerte rugido"
},
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"_dis1": "8 92 1 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "to rush or move swiftly with such sound",
"word": "جھومنا،ہلنا،"
}
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"glosses": [
"To throw or spin rapidly."
],
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],
[
"spin",
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],
[
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"word": "sujauttaa"
}
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"text": "We whizzed in the bushes.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:",
"text": "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.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To urinate."
],
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"urinate",
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]
],
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"(vulgar, slang) To urinate."
],
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"word": "urinate"
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],
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]
}
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"ipa": "/wɪz/"
},
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"audio": "En-au-whiz.ogg",
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"word": "gee whiz"
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"word": "take a whiz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whiz kid"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "whizzer"
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"pos": "noun",
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"sense": "whirring or hissing sound",
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{
"_dis1": "86 2 0 5 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "sihinä"
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{
"_dis1": "86 2 0 5 7",
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"word": "sihahdus"
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "sähinä"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 0 5 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "sähähdys"
},
{
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "rhoîzos",
"sense": "whirring or hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ῥοῖζος"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 0 5 7",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "süvítés"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 2 0 5 7",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "gve",
"sense": "whirring or hissing sound",
"word": "گڤە"
}
]
},
{
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{
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"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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{
"ref": "1987, Kerry Cue, Hang On To Your Horses Doovers, page 77:",
"text": "The chefs are veritable whizzes at arranging food on your plate to look like happy frog faces and growly clown faces.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Someone who is remarkably skilled at something."
],
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"links": [
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"remarkably",
"remarkably"
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[
"skilled",
"skilled"
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],
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"(informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something."
],
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"word": "skilled person"
}
],
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{
"_dis1": "3 92 0 1 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone remarkably skilled at something",
"word": "taituri"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 92 0 1 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone remarkably skilled at something",
"word": "taitaja"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 92 0 1 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "someone remarkably skilled at something",
"word": "taitoniekka"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 92 0 1 5",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "someone remarkably skilled at something",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "génie"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 92 0 1 5",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "someone remarkably skilled at something",
"word": "Wunder-"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"text": "I have to take a whiz.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An act of urination."
],
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[
"act",
"act"
],
[
"urination",
"urination"
]
],
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"(vulgar, slang, especially with the verb \"take\") An act of urination."
],
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"with the verb \"take\""
],
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"word": "urination"
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],
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"countable",
"especially",
"slang",
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"vulgar"
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{
"ref": "1995, “Sorted For E’s and Wizz”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), Different Class, performed by Pulp:",
"text": "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",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"Amphetamine."
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"(UK, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine."
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{
"ref": "2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob, page 40:",
"text": "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. […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Pickpocketing."
],
"id": "en-whiz-en-noun-M~EKn6xl",
"links": [
[
"Pickpocketing",
"pickpocketing"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, slang, with \"the\") Pickpocketing."
],
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"UK",
"countable",
"slang",
"uncountable",
"with-definite-article"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wɪz/"
},
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