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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 whiz /ˈhwɪz, ˈwɪz/
 子彈等在空中掠過的聲音,精明的人,專家(vt.)(vi.)(使)颼颼作聲

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whiz v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whizzed p. pr. & vb. n. Whizzing.]  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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whiz, n. A hissing and humming sound.
    Like the whiz of my crossbow.   --Coleridge.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 whiz
      n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
           adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso,
            genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whizz, wizard,
            wiz]
      2: a buzzing or hissing sound as of something traveling rapidly
         through the air; "he heard the whiz of bullets near his
         head"
      v : make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
          engine purred" [syn: whizz, whirr, whir, birr, purr]
      [also: whizzing, whizzes, whizzed]