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Definition of "wiz" []

  • Informal A person considered exceptionally gifted or skilled. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wiz" in a sentence
  • "Another laws-of-magic example might be Rick Cook's stories about a computer "wiz" who discovers that those skills directly translate into magical abilities in another world."
  • "Apple director Shoemaker developed 'fart,' 'wiz' apps for iPhone"
  • "Why spend so much time and money adding every kind of wiz-bang feature you can imaging but not bother doing something that has got to be needed by every developer on most every project?"