What does "whiz" mean?

Whiz: 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A hissing and humming sound. Like the whiz of my crossbow. Coleridge.

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