whizbang
noun
whiz·bang
ˈ(h)wiz-ˌbaŋ 
-ˈbaŋ
variants
or less commonly whizzbang
: one that is conspicuous for noise, speed, excellence, or startling effect
whiz-bang
adjective
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Bassist Chris Squire and drummer Alan White, the remaining instrumentalists from Yes’ classic ’70s era, contributed little more than scaffolding beneath Horn’s whizbangs.
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Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2026
In those early years, his style of restaurant—one that’s intensely connected to the land—wasn’t as en vogue as the whizbang science of the molecular gastronomists.
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Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
19 Nov. 2025
The late Luke Holland’s new documentary, Final Account, is a more muted examination of similar questions, without the whizbang grotesquerie that Oppenheimer and his colleagues captured.
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Lidija Haas,
The New Republic,
19 May 2021
Amazon might be dialing back consumerism, but big companies are still getting ready to sell you the latest whizbangs.
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Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas News,
17 Apr. 2020
Right alongside them was Petty, who used his deadpan demeanor as an antidote to all the whizbang wizardy going on in the other videos that made it into heavy rotation on the video channel.
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Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2017
But Hedman concluded that adding whizbang animations to the app’s virtual page-turns risked making these moments too overwhelming.
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Kyle Vanhemert,
WIRED,
3 Dec. 2014
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Andy Cush,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2026
In those early years, his style of restaurant—one that’s intensely connected to the land—wasn’t as en vogue as the whizbang science of the molecular gastronomists.
—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
19 Nov. 2025
The late Luke Holland’s new documentary, Final Account, is a more muted examination of similar questions, without the whizbang grotesquerie that Oppenheimer and his colleagues captured.
—
Lidija Haas,
The New Republic,
19 May 2021
Amazon might be dialing back consumerism, but big companies are still getting ready to sell you the latest whizbangs.
—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas News,
17 Apr. 2020
Right alongside them was Petty, who used his deadpan demeanor as an antidote to all the whizbang wizardy going on in the other videos that made it into heavy rotation on the video channel.
—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2017
But Hedman concluded that adding whizbang animations to the app’s virtual page-turns risked making these moments too overwhelming.
—
Kyle Vanhemert,
WIRED,
3 Dec. 2014
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