Meaning & use
Whiz
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A person who is remarkably skilled or successful at something.
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Her older brother is a math whiz who finished calculus two years early.
He's a real whiz at fixing computers, so we always call him first.
A note on using this word
Also used as a verb meaning to move very fast with a buzzing sound, as in 'the bullet whizzed past his head.'
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2. verb
To move quickly through the air with a whistling or buzzing sound.
The race cars whizzed past the grandstand.
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