In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
WHIZZING
WHIZ
whizz, whiz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
(verb) make a soft swishing sound; “the motor whirred”; “the car engine purred”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
whizzing
present participle of whiz
present participle of whizz
Noun
whizzing (plural whizzings)
The sound or action of something that whizzes.
For, when the line is darting out, to be seated then in the boat, is like being seated in the midst of the manifold whizzings of a steam-engine in full play […]
Source: Wiktionary
WHIZ
Whiz, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Whizzing.] Etym: [Of imitative origin. Whistle, and Hiss.]
Definition: 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. [Written also whizz.] It flew, and whizzing, cut the liquid way. Dryden.
Whiz, n.
Definition: A hissing and humming sound. Like the whiz of my crossbow. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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