noun
Meaning 1
A person who is exceptionally clever, gifted or skilled in a particular area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a maths wiz
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wiz
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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/wɪz/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɪz
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CMU ARPABET: W IH1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IH1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A wizard; an administrator of a multi-user dungeon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of whiz: an act of urination.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar
Examples
- I have to take a wiz.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prep
Meaning 4
Pronunciation spelling of with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang
Qualifier: especially represents slurred or drunken speech
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To be promoted to wizard (administrator) status in a multi-user dungeon, by completing the game quest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, informal, intransitive
Examples
- I lost interest and stopped playing soon after I wizzed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expert
Narrower terms: track star
History
Etymology
Clipping of wizard.
Onomatopoeic for the sound made by urination.
See with.