whiz-bang
or whiz·bang, whizz-bang
[noun hwiz-bang, wiz-; adjective hwiz-bang, wiz-]
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noun
Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
a firecracker with a similar effect.
Informal. whiz1(def 5).
adjective
Informal. first-rate; topnotch: a whiz-bang navigator.
Origin of whiz-bang
First recorded in 1910–15; orig. imitative
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Related Words for whizbang
connoisseur, guru, doctor, authority, genius, scientist, professional, artist, fly, top, fine, champion, capital, winner, ace, pro, wizard, sage, virtuoso, mavenExamples from the Web for whizbang
Historical Examples of whizbang
Then, like the whizbang of a fire cracker, a thought struck him.
Red DynamiteRoy J. Snell
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper