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What is the noun for whizzing?

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whiz
  1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
  2. (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
  3. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination; a wiz.
  4. (Britain, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The captain of the boat, Dean Binkley, was considered a whiz in finding the best fishing spots in the Pacific.”
      “He heard the whir of an electro car's ignition, then the whiz of the engine as the powerful voltaic batteries triggered the motor.”
      “Mr. Headley's design has much the same success that would attend an effort to represent the stars of heaven, the horror of an eclipse, or the roseate beauty of an evening sky, by the whiz and crackle of artificial fireworks.”
whizbang
  1. (dated) A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding
  2. (dated) A small artillery shell
  3. (by extension) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
  4. Examples:
    1. “A whizbang, a starburst, a bright configuration of unpredictable, momentary elegance – gone.”
      “What happens if the car still has plenty of life in it, which today's high quality almost guarantees, but the electronic technology quickly obsoletes today's whizbang gadgets?”
      “He worked a lobby desk at the Museum of Modern Art as a whizbang salesman of museum memberships.”
whizzbang
  1. Alternative form of whizbang
  2. Examples:
    1. “The show revels in the fantastical, imaginative use of whizzbang technology in a competitive, funny and spectacular environment.”
      “Aside from some whizzbang 3D, the film comes with a gimmicky card to scratch-and-sniff at certain points.”
      “The moral dilemma thrown up by this terrorist proposal was just as gripping, if not more so, than the whizzbang action of this intelligent hokum.”
whizzing
  1. The sound or action of something that whizzes.
  2. Synonyms:
whizz
whizzle
  1. (dialectal, Northern England) A whizzing sound
whizzes
whizzbangs
  1. plural of whizzbang
whizbangs
  1. plural of whizbang
whizzings
whizzles
  1. plural of whizzle
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