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whizbang

whiz·bang

uncommon dated

noun

1.

a small high-velocity shell; it makes a whizzing sound followed by a bang when it hits

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2.

a firecracker that (like the whizbang shell) makes a whizzing sound followed by a loud explosion

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Origin

From whiz + bang.

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