2 entries under this word

Whiz

Whĭz, v. i.

verbintransitive

(hwĭz), v. i. [imp. & p. p. WHIZZED; p. pr. & vb. n. WHIZZING.] [Cf. WHEEZE and HISS.] To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air.

It flew, and, whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden.

Whĭz, n.

noun

n. A hissing and humming sound. “Like the whiz of my cross-bow.” Coleridge.