"Noa, I'll shy it mysel '," said the gallant Jimmy; and at the word whizz came the half of a turnip within art inch of Kate's ear. From Wordnik.com. [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference
I have heard from one of our US readers that "whizz" means something else entirely!. From Wordnik.com. [Chocolate Truffles] Reference
Put simply, Viet Nam does not produce CDOs, MBSs or any other kind of whizz kid acronym. From Wordnik.com. Reference
As the word left his lips, "whizz," Jimmy's minnow landed in the middle of the circles widening about the rise of the Bass. From Wordnik.com. [At the Foot of the Rainbow] Reference
(usually) tepid water, rinse at least twice, and take it outside to "whizz" it around to get as much water out as possible. From Wordnik.com. [cosymakes] Reference
You whose arrows whizz in woodlands, come an 'bless. From Wordnik.com. [Lysistrata] Reference
Down she went with a whizz, half way across the yard. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at Home] Reference
Martin-Danny ducked, felt the blade whizz by overhead. From Wordnik.com. [My Shipmate—Columbus] Reference
I'd let the condemed critter and court whizz, both on 'em. From Wordnik.com. [Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick] Reference
The fierce whizz of arrows also was heard there, O Bharata. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
With a whizz and roar the first rocket went sailing skyward. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Ocean to the South Pole Or, the Strange Cruise of the Submarine Wonder] Reference
For every "whizz-bang" we sent over he returned about a dozen. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
With a whizz, and several sharp explosions, the circus man got the. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
We hear it whistle past our ears, we feel it whizz over our helmets. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915] Reference
No sooner in the open, than whizz, whizz, went the bullets past my ear. From Wordnik.com. [With Steyn and De Wet] Reference
Is it roused by the little messengers of death that whizz invisibly by?. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
With a whizz and a roar the train sped past Bunny and Sue in the sleigh. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South] Reference
Well do I know the whizz and thud of her shells -- sounds all their own. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde"] Reference
And my! how Flossie and Freddie did whizz down the hill on their sleds then. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at Home] Reference
A mile was covered, and they were just passing a clump of bushes when whizz!. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Luckily, no one was hit, but a couple of "whizz bangs" dropped uncomfortably close. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Tank] Reference
The sound of their motor and the whizz of the propellers carries for some distance. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference
"Ricochet shots from whizz-bangs fired at very close range," commented Major Bullivant. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
This was followed by the hum of an electric dynamo, and the whizz and purring of a big motor. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch] Reference
Best of all, we thought, we'll simply step into the express train and whizz nicely away to the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
I would make their necks whizz (?) ---- as a bee would move to and fro on a day of beauty (?). '. From Wordnik.com. [Táin Bó Cúalnge. English] Reference
I put my head out of a hole in the side of the ship -- and, my wiskers! how she did whizz along. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841] Reference
Taxis whizz by at a rate which leads one to suppose that they had a rendezvous with dame Fortune. From Wordnik.com. [With Those Who Wait] Reference
These, with a loud whizz, fell upon the son of Pandu like torrents of rain poured from the clouds. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
With which significant remark he leaned forward in the saddle, bringing his switch down with a whizz behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
The barrage began at 9.30 p.m. with heavy trench mortars and whizz-bangs, opening South of Breslau and gradually extending North. From Wordnik.com. [The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion] Reference
More frequently than was agreeable, a shot would come ploughing up the ground and raising clouds of dust, or a shell whizz above us. From Wordnik.com. [Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands] Reference
When in the Crimea, I was sent frequently and went on hands and knees through the fall of shells and the whizz of bullets right up to the. From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
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