Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that is conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful.
- adjective Conspicuously effective, successful, or skillful.
- adjective Very rapid and eventful; rushed.
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- noun Alternative form of
whizz-bang .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mr. Buckley, a native of Sheffield, England, who was trained as an electrical engineer, took the top post at 3M five years ago and has been an ebullient promoter of what he calls the company's "whiz-bang" technologies.
3M CEO to Sell $33 Million in Shares James R. Hagerty 2011
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It does not have the presidential allure of CGI or the whiz-bang feel of TED, but the Milken Global Conference, which wrapped up last week, deserves a spot in the canon of conferences.
Jonathan Greenblatt: A Shot Heard 'Round the World? Social Impact Bonds Bring Social Innovation to the Bay State Jonathan Greenblatt 2011
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Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of the whiz-bang QuasarDragon]
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Maidstone Leisure Centre, SunColette BernhardtGuy Fawkes Experience & Fireworks, Waltham Abbey, Sat & SunIt'll be hard to avoid whiz-bang pyrotechnics anywhere this Bonfire Night, but this promises to let you immerse yourself in the 17th century, with a re-enactment of the plot with the ghost of Guy Fawkes, plus crafts, music, BBQ and fireworks.
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It's quite a whiz-bang novel, but it's also emotionally distant and sort of over-the-top.
MIND MELD: Books We Love That Everyone Else Hates (and Vice Versa) 2010
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Free Fiction and Stuff [courtesy of the whiz-bang QuasarDragon]
July 2009 2009
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I don't like long range shooting, but mostly because it makes everyone with a whiz-bang magnum think they can do it too.
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What's left is a collection of war-movie clichés; a wartime Italian setting that looks weirdly idyllic, if not quite prosperous; sappy interludes of romance between one of the fliers and a pretty village girl; a hapless borrowing from "Stalag 17," and computer-generated aerial sequences that, in their whiz-bang wondrousness, have lost every connection with authenticity.
Soderbergh Goes 'Haywire' With a Fast, Stylish Thriller Joe Morgenstern 2012
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I don't like long range shooting, but mostly because it makes everyone with a whiz-bang magnum think they can do it too.
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Losing the next whiz-bang fighter jet won't make us less safe.
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