whizz-bang en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From the noise made.
Meanings
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whizz-bangs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| whiz-bang | alternative | lexicographic |