Word.ws English Dictionary

whizbang

whizbang noun: a type of firework that made a whiz before exploding.

Noun

whizbang (plural whizbangs)

  1. (dated) A type of firework that made a whiz before exploding.
  2. (dated) A small artillery shell.
    • World War I: Trench Songs, Oxford University
      Hush, here comes a Whizzbang
  3. (broadly, figuratively) Someone or something that holds an explosive amount of success, skill or effectiveness.
    • She [Agatha Christie] has produced a whizzbang surprise which I am unable even to hint at without spoilsporting.c. 1967, Evening Standard

Forms of whizbang

pluralwhizbangs

Origin of whizbang

From whiz + bang.

Words formed from whizbang

Questions about whizbang

What does whizbang mean?
Whizbang means a type of firework that made a whiz before exploding.
What part of speech is whizbang?
Whizbang is a noun.
What is the plural of whizbang?
The plural of whizbang is whizbangs.

Words near whizbang in the dictionary

  1. whiz kids
  2. whiz-bang
  3. whiz-bangs
  4. whiz-kid
  5. whiz-kids
  6. whizbang
  7. whizbangery
  8. whizbangs
  9. whizgig
  10. whizgigs
  11. whizkid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whizbang (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “whizbang.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/whizbang. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.