plural wizzes
chiefly US, informal
: a person who is very good at something : wizard sense 2
a computer/financial wiz
She's a wiz at math.
Sheriff Woody was doing some unnatural things. Of course, he's a cartoon character, an invention of the wizzes at Pixar …Melena Ryzik

Example Sentences

he must be some kind of wiz to have graduated college at age 19
Recent Examples on the Web Lily Collins stars in the Netflix series as an American social media wiz in the French capital. Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023 The Dolphins came into the game with a lot of excitement — the first game for rookie first-round pick Ryan Tannehill, and the first game for new head coach Joe Philbin, the former wiz offensive coordinator from the Packers. Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022 Though his chief questions officer title there is new, the tech wiz has been consulting with the company for six years and, through his work with its product development team, has applied for multiple patents. Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022 His latest starts in 1941, when a young Aspen ski wiz named Ray falls pregnant with our protagonist, Adam. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022 There’s a scene in the 1978 film classic adaptation, The Wiz, where the ever-so-chic citizens of Emerald City prance and dance in their finest garb as the wiz dictates the color of their ensembles. Essence, 26 Sep. 2022 Multi-instrumental wiz Stuart Duncan, who also grew up in Vista and is now on tour with Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, has won four Grammys but will not be performing at this year’s festival. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2022 Producer, recording engineer and multi-instrumentalist Adam Hamilton is the group’s resident studio wiz. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 13 July 2022 Hubert Hurkacz, an amiable Pole who upset Federer last year in the quarterfinals, is a grass-court wiz and manhandled Medvedev to win the title in Halle, Germany, this month. New York Times, 26 June 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of wiz was in 1902

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“Wiz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiz. Accessed 26 Jan. 2023.

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