Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whizzing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Whiz \Whiz\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whizzed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Whizzing}.] [Of imitative origin. ???. Cf. {Whistle}, and
{Hiss}.]
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball
flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp
hissing or whistling sound. [Written also {whizz}.]

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


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