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whiz-bang

or whiz·bang, whizz-bang

[ noun hwiz-bang, wiz-; adjective hwiz-bang, wiz- ]
/ noun ˈʰwɪzˌbæŋ, ˈwɪz-; adjective ˈʰwɪzˈbæŋ, ˈwɪz- /
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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.

RELATED WORDS

connoisseur, guru, doctor, authority, genius, scientist, professional, artist, fly, top, fine, champion, capital, winner, ace, pro, wizard, sage, virtuoso, maven

Nearby words

  1. whitworth,
  2. whitworth screw thread,
  3. whity,
  4. whiz,
  5. whiz kid,
  6. whiz-kid,
  7. whizbang,
  8. whizz,
  9. whizz kid,
  10. whizz-bang

Origin of whiz-bang

First recorded in 1910–15; orig. imitative
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for whizbang

  • Then, like the whizbang of a fire cracker, a thought struck him.

    Red Dynamite|Roy J. Snell
Word Origin and History for whizbang

whizbang

n.

1915, originally a soldier's name for a type of German artillery shell in World War I, so called by the Allied troops in reference to its characteristic sound.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper