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whizz-bang

whizz-bang noun: a small calibre shell from World War I.

Noun

whizz-bang (plural whizz-bangs)

  1. (UK, historical, slang) A small calibre shell from World War I.
    • Some other new chaps started blazing away, too. Fritz retaliated with machine-guns and whizz-bangs. No casualties.1929 November, Robert Graves, chapter XII, in Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 139

whizz-bang meaning in Tamil

whizz-bang in Tamil

செயற்கை மனிதக்குண்டு

Forms of whizz-bang

pluralwhizz-bangs
alternative formwhiz-bang

Origin of whizz-bang

From the noise made.

Questions about whizz-bang

What does whizz-bang mean?
Whizz-bang means a small calibre shell from World War I.
What is whizz-bang in Tamil?
Whizz-bang in Tamil is செயற்கை மனிதக்குண்டு. See Whizz-bang meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is whizz-bang?
Whizz-bang is a noun.
What is the plural of whizz-bang?
The plural of whizz-bang is whizz-bangs.

Words near whizz-bang in the dictionary

  1. whizkids
  2. whizyer
  3. whizz
  4. whizz kid
  5. whizz kids
  6. whizz-bang
  7. whizz-bangery
  8. whizz-bangs
  9. whizzbang
  10. whizzbangery
  11. whizzbangs

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