Whizzing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Whizzing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of whiz.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of whiz.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of whizz
- The sound or action of something that whizzes.
- Spinning rapidly.
- Producing a whizz; giving off a whizzing noise.
Example Sentences
At length it grew dark; they though, they heard a sound of whizzing and snorting in the air, such as the swans use to make in the winter time.
For, when the line is darting out, to be seated then in the boat, is like being seated in the midst of the manifold whizzings of a steam-engine in full play[…]
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.
Word Forms
- whizzings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include whir, zoom, whirr, birr, sensation, hotshot.
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