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whiz; whizz; wizz
noun- a genius; somebody who is extremely proficient at a given activity US, 1914
An abbreviation of “wizard”. - — Patrick Campbell, Come Here Till I Tell You, 1960
- He was, undeniably, a whiz at selling Florida real estate. — Carl Hiaasen, Native Tongue, p. 48, 1991
- The book disappeared for several days and when it resurfaced, my daughter had become a whizz at telling fortunes. — The Guardian, 14 December 2002
- an act of urinating US, 1971
Often in a construction such as “take a whiz”. - And i was, in the morning, out in the backyard taking a whizz. — David Carradine, Uncut, p. 34, March 2004
- As Steve started for the boat, Shannon called, “I got to take a whiz.” — Jack W. Thomas, Heavy Number, p. 76, 1976
- And somewhere in here Paco gets his own breakfast, takes another whiz, refills coffee mugs, refills napkin dispensers[.] — Larry Heinemann, Paco’s Story, p. 115, 1986
- “Got up to take a whizz and this thing comes down the hall[.]” — Ethan Morden, Everybody Loves You, p. 63, 1988
- Can I give it to you in the morning? I just took a whiz. — American Beauty, 1999
- whisky US
- And I knew how bad the whiz was for me–I’d been told not to drink it at all–but I have to have it. — Jim Thompson, Savage Night, p. 72, 1953
- on the railways, the pressurised air that operates the brake system US
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 172, 1977
- amphetamine UK, 1993
A pun on SPEED- But that’s okay, ’cos we’re sorted for Es & wizz — Pulp Sorted For E’s & Wizz, 1995
- I even took my A levels from my crammers [periods of intense study] on whizz. — Macfarlane, Macfarlane and Robson, The User, p. 91, 1996
- Now this geezer was always asking me for a dab of whizz — Dave Courtney, Raving Lunacy, p. 5, 2000
- the baby laxative all the recent whizz was cut with — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 28, 2002
▶ on the whiz
operating as a pickpocket US, 1950- [A] pair of Argentinian pick-pockets on the whizz, Latin style[.] — Jake Arnott, He Kills Coppers, p. 17, 2001
▶ the whiz
pickpocketing UK, 1937- Tom has been at the whiz these last ten years at least. — David Powis The Signs of Crime, 1977
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