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   whiz-bang

   /ˈwɪzbaŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a resounding success: North American "Dan was a whiz-bang at mechanical things"
   • 2. (especially during the First World War) a small-calibre high-velocity shell.

   adjective

   • 1. lively or sensational; fast-paced: North American "a whizz-bang publicity campaign"

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   What does Whiz Bang mean?

   • n. One that is conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful: a whiz-bang of a speech. 1. Conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful: a whiz-bang ad campaign. 2. Very rapid and eventful; rushed: whiz-bang pacing; a whiz-bang schedule.

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   What does Whiz-Bang mean?

   • Suddenly—“whiz-bang, whiz-bang” right at the door of the dugout. "Yes, up went my little 'and like a whiz-bang," announced Bindle. Whiz-bang definition: a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.. See examples of WHIZ-BANG used in a sentence.

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   What was a whizz bang in WW1?

   • In the First World War (1914–18): a small-calibre high-velocity shell, fired from a German gun. Now historical. The name evokes the fact that this type of shell travelled faster than sound, meaning its rapid approach through the air was audible before the blast of the gun that fired it. A whizz-bang is a particularly offensive form of shell.

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   Was the raid a whizz-bang?

   • The raid was a whizz-bang, the R.A.F. expression denoting something highly successful. These were the sharpest kids in America, the future business giants, judges, show business whizbangs. George Stevens..knew how to make box-office whizz-bangs but not very interesting movies.

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   What are some examples of a Whizbang workshop?

   • Recent Examples on the Web The ground floor, flecked with vivid-red Fritz Hansen swan chairs, comprised classrooms, a state-of-the-art auditorium, and a workshop of whizbangs and doodads called the Makerspace.

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   Will Whizbang technology beat the car at its own game?

   • There is no whizz bang new technology that is going to beat the car at its own game in the next five to ten years. Studies have shown that despite all the whizbang technology now incorporated.., five to 10 percent of the pictures taken come out severely underexposed.

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   Also more generally: exceptionally good, excellent. Excellent, splendid; remarkable. slang (originally U.S.). Designating a (high) rank in a grading system for hotels, etc., usually with four or five grades; also transferred, of a high degree of excellence. Exciting or expressing admiration and delight.