whiz

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

WHIZ, verb transitive [It seems to be allied to hiss.] To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air. It flew, and whizzing cut the liquid way. WHIZ, noun A hissing sound.
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