English-German translation for "whiz"

"whiz" German translation

whiz

intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprätand | und u.past participle | Partizip Perfekt pperf whizzed>, whizz [(h)wiz]

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zischen, schwirren, sausen, pfeifen, flitzen

whiz

transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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zischen schwirren lassen, sausend herumwirbeln schleudern, zentrifugieren

whiz

noun | Substantiv s

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Zischen, Sausen, Schwirren, Pfeifen feine Sache, heller kluger Kopf, Knüller
  • Zischenneuter | Neutrum n
    whiz
    Sausenneuter | Neutrum n
    whiz
    Schwirrenneuter | Neutrum n
    whiz
    Pfeifenneuter | Neutrum n
    whiz
    whiz
  • (feine) Sache
    whiz remarkable thing slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
    Knüllermasculine | Maskulinum m
    whiz remarkable thing slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
    whiz remarkable thing slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
  • helleror | oder od kluger Kopf
    whiz skilful person slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
    whiz skilful person slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
examples
  • to be a whiz atsomething | etwas sth familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
    ein Genie insomething | etwas etwas sein
    to be a whiz atsomething | etwas sth familiar, informal | umgangssprachlichumg
  • she’s a whiz at maths
    sie ist ein Mathegenie
    she’s a whiz at maths
Als ich Kind war, war ich ein Rechengenie.
When I was a kid, I was a calculus whiz.
Source: TED
Im Laufen gaben sie noch jeder'nen Schuß ab, aber die Kugeln fuhren vorbei und taten uns nichts.
They fired a shot apiece as they started, but their bullets whizzed by and didn't do us any harm.
Source: Books
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