whizbang
pronunciation
How to pronounce whizbang in British English:
UK [wɪz'bæŋ]
How to pronounce whizbang in American English:
US [wɪz'bæŋ]
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- Noun:
- a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits
- a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion
Word Origin
- whizbang (n.)
- also whiz-bang, whizz-bang, 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. From whizz + bang (v.).