1. artillery shells that make a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion
Usage: military; historical
2. fireworks that make whizzing and banging sounds
Usage: informal
3. things that are exceptionally impressive or exciting
Usage: informal

Examples

• The soldiers ducked as whizbangs exploded overhead.
• During World War I, troops feared the sound of incoming whizbangs.
• The kids set off whizbangs in the backyard on New Year’s Eve.
• The fireworks display featured colorful whizbangs that lit up the sky.
• The new smartphones are real whizbangs with amazing features.
• These whizbangs of modern technology never cease to amaze me.