Meaning & use
Whizzing
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Moving very quickly, often with a buzzing or whistling sound.
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Bullets went whizzing past as the soldiers took cover.
Cars kept whizzing by on the highway below.
A note on using this word
Whizzing is imitative, or onomatopoeic, mimicking the sound something makes as it moves rapidly through the air.
Words with a similar meaning
zoomingwhooshingspeeding
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Words with an opposite meaning
crawlingcreeping
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