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View definitions for whiz

whiz

noun as in very intelligent person

verb as in move quickly by

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In one scene a little boy sits near an IRA soldier watching British officers quietly roll up in vehicles and doesn’t flinch as the man runs off and bullets whiz by his head.

From Salon

In an analysis of vote shares in Pennsylvania counties by data whiz Steve Kornacki, O’Donnell voiced his issues with a focus on a handful of swing states in a country of over 300 million.

From Salon

As satellites whiz past the field of view of telescopes, they leave streaks in the astronomers’ images.

But those veterans may face a threat from Mk.gee, a 28-year-old guitar whiz who’s been heartily endorsed by Eric Clapton, John Mayer — and Justin Bieber, with whom he’s been working lately in the studio.

Their starting shortstop, a defensive whiz who is having one of the best offensive seasons of his 11-year career, left Tuesday night’s game in the third inning after aggravating a left-adductor strain not once, not twice, but three times in the first three innings, and he appears doubtful for Wednesday night.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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