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2 whizz
wiz(to fly through the air with a hissing sound: The arrow whizzed past his shoulder.) pasar zumbando/silbando/volandotr[wɪz]1 (sound) zumbido, silbido1 (make sound) zumbar, silbar2 (car, bullet) pasar zumbando, pasar silbando; (time) pasar volando\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be a whizz at something ser una hacha en algowhizz kid joven nombre masulino o femenino dinámico,-a y emprendedor,-ra[wɪz]1. N1) * (=ace) as * m2) (=sound) silbido m, zumbido m2.VIto whiz by or past — [bullet, arrow] pasar zumbando; [car] pasar a gran velocidad
to whiz along, go whizzing along — ir como una bala
3.CPDwhiz(z) kid * N — prodigio m
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3 whizz
[wɪz], US [hwɪz] 1.1) (colloq) ( expert) as (colloq) m (at en)2) ( whirr) sifflement m3) (colloq) ( quick trip) tour m rapide ( around de)4) (colloq) Culinary2.(colloq) transitive verb ( deliver quickly) filer (colloq)3.to whizz by ou past — [arrow, bullet] passer en sifflant; [car] passer à toute allure; [person] passer rapidement
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4 not be much on someone or something
expr infmlI guess our new whizz kid is not much on CAD — Боюсь, что наш новый корифей мало разбирается в автоматизированном проектировании
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > not be much on someone or something
См. также в других словарях:
whizz — [[t](h)wɪ̱z[/t]] whizzes, whizzing, whizzed 1) VERB If something whizzes somewhere, it moves there very fast. [INFORMAL] [V prep/adv] Stewart felt a bottle whizz past his head... [V prep/adv] A car whizzed past. 2) N COUNT: oft a N at/with/on n… … English dictionary
whizz through — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms whizz through : present tense I/you/we/they whizz through he/she/it whizzes through present participle whizzing through past tense whizzed through past participle whizzed through informal whizz through… … English dictionary
whizz — [wɪz] also whiz noun [countable] informal someone who is very skilled in a particular activity or is successful in a particular area of work: • Top managers may be financial whizzes, but they aren t marketing geniuses. • He s a whizz at website… … Financial and business terms
whizz through — ˈwhizz through [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they whizz through he/she/it whizzes through present participle whizzing through past tense whizzed through … Useful english dictionary
whizz-kid — whizz kids also whizzkid, whizz kid N COUNT: usu with supp If you refer to a young person as a whizz kid, you mean that they have achieved success at a young age because they are very clever and very good at something, especially making money.… … English dictionary
whizz-kid — ˈwhizz kid noun [countable] a young person who is very skilled in a particular activity or is very successful in a particular area of work * * * whizz kid UK US US also whiz kid) noun [C] ► a young person who is very good and successful at… … Financial and business terms
whizz — (also whiz) ► VERB (whizzed, whizzing) 1) move quickly through the air with a whistling or whooshing sound. 2) move or go fast. 3) (whizz through) do or deal with quickly. ► NOUN 1) … English terms dictionary
whizz — I UK [wɪz] / US verb Word forms whizz : present tense I/you/we/they whizz he/she/it whizzes present participle whizzing past tense whizzed past participle whizzed informal 1) a) [intransitive] to move or to travel very quickly The ball whizzed… … English dictionary
whizz — whizz1 BrE whiz AmE [wız] v 1.) [always + adverb/preposition] [i]informal a) to move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air ▪ An ambulance whizzed past. ▪ I saw a big piece of metal whizzing through the air. b) … Dictionary of contemporary English
whizz — 1 also whiz especially AmE verb (I) 1 (always + adv/prep) informal a) to move very quickly, often making a sound like something rushing through the air (+ by/around/past): Martin whizzed by us on his bicycle. b) to do something very quickly: Let… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
whizz — I noun someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field • Syn: ↑ace, ↑adept, ↑champion, ↑sensation, ↑maven, ↑mavin, ↑virtuoso, ↑genius, ↑ … Useful english dictionary