whiz
/wɪz/
US pronunciation
American sound/wɪz/
whiz
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
US voice -> whiz
Myanmar meaning
လေထဲတွင် ရှိန်နှုန်းမြင့်လွန်းစွာ ရွေ့လျားနေသည့် ဒြပ်တစ်ခုကြောင့် ဖြစ်သော အသံ။ ၎င်းအသံဖြင့် ရွေ့လျားသည်။ ၎င်းအသံဖြစ်စေသည်။
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(က) (လေထဲတွင်) ဝှီးခနဲ မြည်၍ သွားသည်။
A bullet whizzed past my ear.
(ခ) (infml ) အလွန်လျင်မြန်စွာ သွားသည်၊ ရွေ့လျားသည်။ The little trains were whizzing round and round the track. ❍ whizz over to France for the week end.
n (also whiz ) (infml ) [ ဥ ] ဝိဇ္ဇာ။ a computer whizz ❍ She's a whizz at maths.
❏ whizz-kid (also whiz-kid ) n (infml esp US ) နေ့ချင်း ညချင်း အောင်မြင်ပေါက်မြောက်သွားသူ။
a technology whizz-kid ❍ a whizz-kid guitarist.
More examples
- ‘The sounds of armor-piercing bullets and missiles whizzing past your head is eerily believable.’
- ‘The sound of cars whizzing by on the lonely suburban road always had a calming effect on him.’
- ‘He likes the traffic noise, the zoom of cars whizzing up and down Great Western Road.’
- ‘Suddenly the silence was interrupted by the sound of arrows whizzing and striking soft objects.’
- ‘A bullet whizzed past her leg, close enough to tear her dress.’
- ‘Synth notes bob, bend and warble, producing a strange, droning, Doppler effect, whizzing past the listener like vehicles on a Tron superhighway.’
- ‘Missiles and bullets whizzed past his car, only narrowly avoiding the tail.’
- ‘The wind was playing tricks, lifting heaps of dried leaves, whizzing them round, and shifting them from one end of the garden to the other.’
- ‘Residents have been complaining about the sound of engines and bikes whizzing past them as they walk on footpaths.’
- ‘Cars whizz round the one-way system, trapping pedestrians on a small triangular island in the middle of the flow.’
- ‘He unloaded a few rounds that whizzed right in front of her nose.’
- ‘Just the sound of the ball whizzing past me as I was struck out yet again.’
- ‘Powerful legs lifted Copperhead off the ground as 7.62 mm rounds whizzed by, narrowly missing their targets.’
- ‘Bullets whizzed past us as our fellow soldiers laid down round after round of cover fire.’
- ‘The control tower is so noisy with aeroplanes whizzing past.’
- ‘Balancing on the verge with traffic whizzing past close behind me was hair raising.’
- ‘It was while his fingers were working on those buttons and his balance was slightly affected, that a bullet came whizzing past his horse's ear.’
- ‘He was standing on the sidewalk next to some busy street and cars whizzed past at unimaginable speeds.’
- ‘I'd already spent an hour at a bus stop in the ‘burbs, staring at the cars whizzing past, going about their business.’
- ‘To most of the 80, 000 petrolheads who will fill the stands at the Kent circuit, A1 is another reason to spend Sunday afternoons watching cars whizzing round in circles.’
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