Definitions for whiz-bang

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Spelling: [noun hwiz-bang, wiz-; adjective Whiz-Bang is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 145 anagrams from letters in whiz-bang (-abghinwz).

Definitions for whiz-bang

noun

1. Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
2. a firecracker with a similar effect.
3. Informal. whiz1 (def 5).

adjective

1. Informal. first-rate; topnotch:

Origin of whiz-bang

First recorded in 1910-15; orig. imitative

Examples for whiz-bang

We had almost reached the front lines when one of our officers got hit in the face by a piece of "whiz-bang."

Suddenly—“whiz-bang, whiz-bang” right at the door of the dugout.

It covered us with dirt, and we had hardly gotten the dust out of our eyes when whiz-bang!

Just as the order reached us along came a whiz-bang and burst.

"Yes, up went my little 'and like a whiz-bang," announced Bindle.

It would have taken a "whiz-bang" to catch up to me that day.

The "whiz-bang" starts with a rough whirr like a flushing cock partridge, and goes off on contact with a tremendous bang.

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!