whizzing
/wˈɪzɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Producing a whizz; giving off a whizzing noise.
Example Sentences
- "At length it grew dark; they though, they heard a sound of whizzing and snorting in the air, such as the swans use to make in the winter time."
- "For, when the line is darting out, to be seated then in the boat, is like being seated in the midst of the manifold whizzings of a steam-engine in full play[…]"
- "From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs."