English Explanatory Dictionary

the whole bang shoot

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The whole lot, everything involved, every one, the entire process.

Word forms

the whole bang shoot the whole bang lot the bang shoot

Etymology

Uncertain. Apparently late nineteenth or early 20th century. Unsupported contradictory suggestions suggest derivation from shebang or vice versa. However, "shebang" may be older.

Synonyms

all the marbles bag and baggage everytang everything but the galley stove everything but the kitchen sink everything under the sun full monty hook line and sinker kit and caboodle lock stock and barrel the whole bang shoot the whole nine yards the works whole ball of wax whole hog whole enchilada whole kit and caboodle whole package whole shebang whole shitting match whole shooting match whole smash
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