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n. Informal
A young person who is exceptionally intelligent, innovatively clever, or precociously successful.

[Alteration of Quiz Kid, a panelist on an early game show.]


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IN BRIEF: n. - Someone whose career progresses rapidly.

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A whiz kid is a person or fictional character who is unusually intelligent or successful, especially at an early age.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vidunderbarn

Français (French)
n. - jeune prodige

Deutsch (German)
n. - heller Kopf, (ugs.) Senkrechtstarter

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παιδί θαύμα, άσος, σαϊνι

Italiano (Italian)
giovane sveglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prodígio (m)

Русский (Russian)
вундеркинд, талантливый молодой специалист

Español (Spanish)
n. - joven brillante o muy exitoso, prodigio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - underbarn

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
神童, 年青有为的人才

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 神童, 年青有為的人才

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신동, 수재

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 神童, 天才少年

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ילד פלא, אשף‬


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