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whiz-bang
[ noun hwiz-bang, wiz-; adjective hwiz-bang, wiz- ]
noun
- Military. a small, high-speed shell whose sound as it flies through the air arrives almost at the same instant as its explosion.
- a firecracker with a similar effect.
- Informal. whiz 1( def 5 ).
adjective
- Informal. first-rate; topnotch:
a whiz-bang navigator.
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of whiz-bang1
Example Sentences
The explanation for their propinquity lies not in the creation of some whiz-bang, life-changing, paradigm-bending consumer product, or the shining virtues or particularly fertile minds that grace Silicon Valley鈥檚 fruited plain.
The life-size portrait he produced is a whiz-bang spectacle of courtly pomp and dynastic circumstance.
鈥淭he Phantom Menace鈥 left no doubt of that, revealing Lucas to be less of some space opera guru than a guy more skilled at whiz-bang effects than character development or thoughtful exposition.
鈥淲e were really nervous because half this movie is people in rooms talking about their feelings, and the other half is all this whiz-bang stuff. We kept asking, 鈥楢re they going to stay interested in the intimate scenes?鈥
But with no whiz-bang offering to rival ChatGPT, Apple looks for now like a follower, not a leader.
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