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If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.
Alison Gopnik

Meaning of "whizzing" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHIZZING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHIZZING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whizzing is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb whizzing in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHIZZING

PRESENT

Present
I whizz
you whizz
he/she/it whizzes
we whizz
you whizz
they whizz
Present continuous
I am whizzing
you are whizzing
he/she/it is whizzing
we are whizzing
you are whizzing
they are whizzing
Present perfect
I have whizzed
you have whizzed
he/she/it has whizzed
we have whizzed
you have whizzed
they have whizzed
Present perfect continuous
I have been whizzing
you have been whizzing
he/she/it has been whizzing
we have been whizzing
you have been whizzing
they have been whizzing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I whizzed
you whizzed
he/she/it whizzed
we whizzed
you whizzed
they whizzed
Past continuous
I was whizzing
you were whizzing
he/she/it was whizzing
we were whizzing
you were whizzing
they were whizzing
Past perfect
I had whizzed
you had whizzed
he/she/it had whizzed
we had whizzed
you had whizzed
they had whizzed
Past perfect continuous
I had been whizzing
you had been whizzing
he/she/it had been whizzing
we had been whizzing
you had been whizzing
they had been whizzing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will whizz
you will whizz
he/she/it will whizz
we will whizz
you will whizz
they will whizz
Future continuous
I will be whizzing
you will be whizzing
he/she/it will be whizzing
we will be whizzing
you will be whizzing
they will be whizzing
Future perfect
I will have whizzed
you will have whizzed
he/she/it will have whizzed
we will have whizzed
you will have whizzed
they will have whizzed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been whizzing
you will have been whizzing
he/she/it will have been whizzing
we will have been whizzing
you will have been whizzing
they will have been whizzing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would whizzing
you would whizzing
he/she/it would whizzing
we would whizzing
you would whizzing
they would whizzing
Conditional continuous
I would be whizzing
you would be whizzing
he/she/it would be whizzing
we would be whizzing
you would be whizzing
they would be whizzing
Conditional perfect
I would have whizzing
you would have whizzing
he/she/it would have whizzing
we would have whizzing
you would have whizzing
they would have whizzing
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been whizzing
you would have been whizzing
he/she/it would have been whizzing
we would have been whizzing
you would have been whizzing
they would have been whizzing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you whizz
we let´s whizz
you whizz
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to whizz
Past participle
whizzed
Present Participle
whizzing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHIZZING

whittle
whittler
whittlings
whittret
Whitworth screw thread
whity
whiz
whiz kid
whiz-bang
whizz
whizz kid
whizz-bang
whizzed
whizzer
whizzes
whizzier
whizziest
whizzingly
whizzy
who

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHIZZING

amazing
blazing
buzzing
civilizing
double glazing
downsizing
energizing
freezing
glazing
grazing
hazing
mesmerizing
organizing
quizzing
razzing
seizing
sizing
socializing
tantalizing
zing

Synonyms and antonyms of whizzing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WHIZZING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «whizzing» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of whizzing
ace · belt · bomb · buff · career · dab hand · expert · flash · hotshot · hurtle · master · past master · pro · professional · race · rush · specialist · speed · tear · virtuoso · wizard · wonk · zoom

Translation of «whizzing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHIZZING

Find out the translation of whizzing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whizzing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whizzing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

嗖嗖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zumbando
570 millions of speakers

English

whizzing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

whizzing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأزيز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свистом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zunindo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

whizzing
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sifflant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Merengek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geschwirr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジュルジュル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지나 가게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whizzing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

whizzing
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விர்ரென்று ஒலித்துக்கொண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Whizzing
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pırpır etme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfrecciano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świst
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свистом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vâjâit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σφυρίζοντας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

whizzing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vinande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

suser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whizzing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIZZING»

The term «whizzing» is regularly used and occupies the 97.023 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHIZZING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whizzing» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whizzing» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whizzing

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4 QUOTES WITH «WHIZZING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whizzing.
1
Alison Gopnik
If parents are the fixed stars in the child's universe, the vaguely understood, distant but constant celestial spheres, siblings are the dazzling, sometimes scorching comets whizzing nearby.
2
Eric Johnston
Most government officials are rushing headlong to solve the problems of 50 years ago, with their ears assailed by the sound of snails whizzing by.
3
Fritz Kreisler
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from sheer exhaustion in the trenches, in spite of the roaring of the cannon about us and the whizzing of shrapnel over our heads.
4
Deborah Moggach
Nothing beats weaving through the rush-hour traffic or whizzing past the eternal gridlock that is the Strand.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIZZING»

Discover the use of whizzing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whizzing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Land of Whizzing Arrows
"Bolivia, South America.
Simon Chapman, 2007
2
Nature
Sizzling (3) Creaking or sizzling An intermediate sound between sizzling and whizzing, sometimes as if a piece of paper were torn A kind of sound as when you tear silk Sizzling, th — ss Soft whizzing, alternative with sizzling Soft crackling , ...
Sir Norman Lockyer, 1885
3
Homoeopathic Therapeutics
Lachesis. Hardness of hearing, with want of wax, dryness in the ears, numbness about the ear and cheek (left) ; earwax too hard, pale, and insufficient ; painful beating, cracking, whizzing, drumming in the ears, with reverberation of the sounds ...
Samuel Lilienthal, 1879
4
Progress in Inorganic Chemistry
The ring-whizzing transition state has been described as a 17-electron (17 eÀ) h3bound structure; in this unusual structure, the calculated central NiÀC distance of 1.909 A is significantly shorter than the other short NiÀC contacts, which are ...
Kenneth D. Karlin, 2011
5
The Dialect of Banffshire: With a Glossary of Words Not in ...
WIIEERIEMIGQAN, n. (1) the act of working in a trifling manner. (2) The act of playing fast and loose. WHEETIE, interj-. a call to ducks. WHICH (CH gutt.), n. (1) a blow with a soft, whizzing sound. (2) A soft, whizzing sound. WHICH (CH gutt.) ...
Walter Gregor, 1866
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Homœopathic therapeutics
Lachesis. Hardness of hearing, with want of wax, dryness in the ears, numbness about the ear and cheek (left) ; earwax too hard, pale, and insufficient ; painful beating, cracking, whizzing, drumming in the ears, with reverberation of the sounds ...
Samuel Lilienthal, 1879
7
Stout Hearts and Whizzing Biscuits: A Patria Story
These are the good citizens of Patria, a secret land founded by refugees from the Trojan War who sailed across the Atlantic in a reconfigured Trojan Horse - 3,000 years ago!
Daniel McInerny, 2012
8
Molesworth's, Marathi-English dictionary
A sudden, sharp, glaneing, or shooting pain (us from the bite of an ant, from a rheumatic affection &c.) v frtt, ^33, ^TSf- See under v*T<«. 2 The whizzing, singing, ring, twang (of a bullet, arrow Ac.) ' WtTflf sometimes OTVfvl / The stem or bare ...
Thomas Candy, George Candy, Narayan Govind Kalelkar, James Thomas Molesworth
9
A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English: ...
Çwyrnelliad, j. m. — pl. t. au (çwyrnell) A whirling round rapidly; a brandiihing j a whizzing. Çwyrnellu, -u. a. (çwyrnell) To whirl rapidly ; to move with a whizzing noifc ; to whiz ; to brandiih. Çwyrnvor, j. т.— pi. t. oz (çwyrn— môr) A ftrong eddy.
William Owen Pughe, 1803
10
The Sportsman's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine
In my excursions to the moors, I have always been forcibly struck with that whizzing which attends the discharge of the gun, and which is no doubt caused by the passage of the shot through the atmospheric air, and as far as whizzing might ...
‎1833

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHIZZING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whizzing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NASA's New Horizons Makes History by Whizzing Past Pluto
'I have to pinch myself. Look what we accomplished. To see Pluto be revealed just before our eyes, it is just fantastic.' Pluto. NASA. Advertisement. «IndustryWeek, Jul 15»
2
Britons caught up in Tunisian beach attack
Tourists described "bullets whizzing around us" and scenes of "panic" at the Port El Kantaoui district, along with bodies being removed. Gary Pine, from Bristol, ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
Massive moth pictured at Bideford workplace after whizzing past …
A JOURNAL reader took this picture of an absolute beheMOTH that came whizzing past his ear while at work in Bideford. Darren Reeks, from Bideford, was ... «North Devon Journal, Jun 15»
4
Fiberglass cars whizzing through the Raleigh skyline? A test track …
An early Technicon rendering of what the ecoPRT technology could some day look like. The… more. A professor's futuristic vision – colorful fiberglass cars ... «Triangle Business Journal, Jun 15»
5
There are football-shaped moons whizzing all over the Pluto system
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is fast closing in on Pluto, but just before it arrives the Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered some fascinating details about ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jun 15»
6
Why are so many grown adults whizzing around on electric unicycles?
Last Friday morning, I saw a tall, important-looking man in a black suit perched on a single, foot-high wheel, buzzing along the pavement at a laconic pace. «CityMetric, Apr 15»
7
Shooting victim describes bullet whizzing by head during attempted …
It whizzed by my head." Berliner, the sole witness to testify, was enough to convince District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez that there was sufficient evidence to ... «lehighvalleylive.com, Apr 15»
8
Delhi gangster Neeraj Bawana held after anonymous tip, high …
An eighteen-month-long wait, an anonymous tip, a night-long vigil, a high-speed chase, whizzing bullets is what it took before the Delhi Police laid hands on one ... «Hindustan Times, Apr 15»
9
A Drawing Machine That Tracks Satellites Whizzing Overhead
To most people, GPS technology exists in the form of a tiny blue dot rendered in a map app on a smartphone screen. Only occasionally, if ever, do we mentally ... «Wired, Mar 15»
10
Sunrise meets northern lights in sublime Space Station video
Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York City, and Boston can be seen whizzing by. A thin layer of mid-level clouds blurs city lights over parts of the Northeast. «Washington Post, Feb 15»

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