Definition of "gee-whiz" []

• Informal Marked by or inducing a sense of wide-eyed wonder or excitement, as in response to an amazing achievement: "The book seems a little too gee-whiz even for describing what everyone does admit is a revolution” ( Savvy). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I predict kids will enjoy Let's Rock Elmo because of the fun factor, not because of any gee-whiz tech."
• "Any subject — or book — that requires time and effort to master, particularly if not filled with action or gee-whiz amazing facts, is termed “boring.”"
• "The new book is not just a typical gee-whiz recitation of recent developments but a profound proposal for the nature of reality that turns on its head the conventional view of how physics operates."