different between whid vs whiz

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *whid, from Old English hwiþa, hwiþu (“air, breeze”) or from Old Norse hviða (“gust of wind”), both from Proto-Germanic *hwiþ? (“rush of wind”), from Proto-Germanic *hwi- (“to rush”), from Proto-Indo-European *kwei- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Scots quhid (“a squall, blast of wind”).

Noun

whid (plural whids)

1. A quick motion; a rapid, quiet movement, usually by small game.

Verb

whid (third-person singular simple present whids, present participle whidding, simple past and past participle whidded)

1. To move nimbly and with little noise, usually of small game.

Synonyms

• scut
• scud

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old English cwide (“word, speech”).

Noun

whid (plural whids)

1. (obsolete, Scotland) A lie; a falsehood.
2. (obsolete) A word.
3. (obsolete, Britain, dialect) A quarrel.

Verb

whid (third-person singular simple present whids, present participle whidding, simple past and past participle whidded)

1. (obsolete, Scotland, intransitive) To tell a lie.

References

• (lie, falsehood; word): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?z/
• Rhymes: -?z

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare huzz, hizz, hiss.

Alternative forms

• wiz, wizz, whizz

Verb

whiz (third-person singular simple present whizzes, present participle whizzing, simple past and past participle whizzed)

1. To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
2. To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
3. To throw or spin rapidly.
4. (vulgar, slang) To urinate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate

   • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger

     The first thing Howard did following Vi's departure was to haul the step-stool over to the kitchen sink and whiz into the drain again.

Derived terms

• whizzle

Translations

Noun

whiz (countable and uncountable, plural whizzes)

1. A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
2. (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:skilled person
3. (vulgar, slang, especially with the verb "take") An act of urination.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urination

4. (Britain, slang, uncountable) Amphetamine.
5. (Britain, slang, with "the") Pickpocketing.
   • 2003, David W. Maurer, Whiz Mob (page 40)

     This type of pickpocket, it should be noted, is passing from the scene; most class cannons now operating are old-timers. “The only youngsters I see breaking in on the whiz are jigs, and they are coining a bebop lingo that is something. […]

Derived terms

• take a whiz
• whiz kid
• whizzer

Translations

Etymology 2

See with.

Preposition

whiz

1. (slang) Pronunciation spelling of with.