Whiz-Bang (noun)
wiz-bang
(especially during the First World War) a small-calibre high-velocity shell.
More recently: noisy fireworks
onomatopoeic
Example sentences
“The whiz-bangs rained down on the trenches.”
“It seems traditional bonfire parties are giving way to whiz-bangs late into the night.”
Favonian (adj) fav-oh-nee-un Of or relating to the west wind./ Mild or favorable; propitious. 1650–60; Latin Favōniānus. See Favonius, -an. foehn (more…)
