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WHIZ-KID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does whiz-kid mean?
• WHIZ-KID (noun)
The noun WHIZ-KID has 1 sense:
1. someone whose career progresses rapidly
Familiarity information: WHIZ-KID used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone whose career progresses rapidly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ball of fire; go-getter; whiz-kid; whizz-kid
Hypernyms ("whiz-kid" is a kind of...):
actor; doer; worker (a person who acts and gets things done)
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