whiz

1. (US, countable, uncountable)A whirring or hissing sound (as above).

   a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly through the air

2. (US, countable, informal, uncountable)Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.

   He's a whiz with the computers.

   Wunder-

   someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

3. (US, countable, especially, slang, uncountable, vulgar)An act of urination.

   I have to take a whiz.

4. (UK, US, slang, uncountable)Amphetamine.

5. (UK, US, countable, slang, uncountable, with definite article)Pickpocketing.

1. Maria is a chess whiz, she checkmated me in ten moves.

   Марія - шаховий геній, вона поставила мені мат за десять ходів.

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2. He took a whiz around the back of the house.

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3. I’ve had too much beer, I have to take a whiz.

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4. His whiz kid persona runs contrary to his deeply reactionary politics.

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5. Mary is a whiz kid.

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