whiz-bang

whiz-bang

also whizz-bang (wĭz′băng′, hwĭz′-)Informal n. One that is conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful: a whiz-bang of a speech.adj.1. Conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful: a whiz-bang ad campaign.2. Very rapid and eventful; rushed: whiz-bang pacing; a whiz-bang schedule.
[From whizzbang, a shell used in World War I that was heard only an instant before landing and exploding : whiz + bang.]

whiz′-bang′

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adj. first-rate; topnotch: a whiz-bang slam dunk. [1910–15; orig. imitative]