whiz-bang
noun
a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
whizbang,
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a variation of
whiz-bang.
Example Sentences
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Why do the people who manage Dodger Stadium feel that every single second of dead air has to be filled with loud music, sound effects and electronic whizbang?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023
Much of what’s new this year in Android 13 is not whizbang new features but small tweaks meant to make the ecosystem a little more seamless.
From The Verge ● May 11, 2022
The same guys and gals are still there doing a really whizbang job of making sure that company is running well.
From The Verge ● May 3, 2022
And all had other strong factors that drew moviegoers: a quirky-cool word-of-mouth in the case of the first two and the whizbang special effects and heavy nostalgia quotient in "Jurassic."
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2015
Yet simultaneously, there is a slowly dawning consensus among Japanese leaders and businessmen that the good old days of whizbang, export-led growth are numbered.
From Time Magazine Archive
