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