Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Whiz

Whiz , intransitive verb

[Of imitative origin. {not transcribed}. Compare Whistle, and Hiss.]

To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. — Dryden

Whiz , noun

A hissing and humming sound.
Like the whiz of my crossbow. — Coleridge