whiz-bang
or whiz·bang, whizz-bang
[ noun hwiz-bang, wiz-; adjective hwiz-bang, wiz- ]
/ noun ˈʰwɪzˌbæŋ, ˈwɪz-; adjective ˈʰwɪzˈbæŋ, ˈwɪz- /
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
Words nearby whiz-bang
whitworth,
whitworth screw thread,
whity,
whiz,
whiz kid,
whiz-bang,
whiz-kid,
whizz,
whizz kid,
whizz-bang,
whizzer
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British Dictionary definitions for whizz-bang
whizz-bang
whiz-bang
noun
a small-calibre World War I shell that, when discharged, travelled at such a high velocity that the sound of its flight was heard only an instant, if at all, before the sound of its explosion
a type of firework that jumps around emitting a whizzing sound and occasional bangs
adjective
informal
excellent or first-rate