whizzing

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Verb

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whizzing

  1. present participle and gerund of whiz
  2. present participle and gerund of whizz

Noun

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whizzing (plural whizzings)

  1. The sound or action of something that whizzes.

Adjective

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whizzing (comparative more whizzing, superlative most whizzing)

  1. Spinning rapidly.
  2. Producing a whizz; giving off a whizzing noise.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154:
      From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.