whiz-bang
or whiz·bang, whizz-bang
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).
Informal. first-rate; topnotch: a whiz-bang navigator.
Origin of whiz-bang
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How to use whiz-bang in a sentence
And so what they assumed was going to be like whiz-bang-fireworks was a lot more subtle than that.
Well, over the top we went and we got to the place he had pointed out; we had barely lain down in a shell hole when whiz-bang!
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'BrienWe had almost reached the front lines when one of our officers got hit in the face by a piece of "whiz-bang."
Into the Jaws of Death | Jack O'BrienJust as the order reached us along came a whiz-bang and burst.
The Glory of The Coming | Irvin S. CobbSuddenly—“whiz-bang, whiz-bang” right at the door of the dugout.
With the Ulster Division in France | Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels
"Yes, up went my little 'and like a whiz-bang," announced Bindle.
Adventures of Bindle | Herbert George Jenkins
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