twang

The definition of a twang is the sharp, tinny sound of a plucked string or banged metal object, or a way of speaking that sounds nasal.

(noun)

An example of a twang is the sound when you pluck the string of an acoustic guitar.
An example of a twang is the sound of the country singer who spoke with a pinched sound in her voice.

To twang is to make the sound of a banjo or bowstring, or to speak with a nasal tone.

(verb)

An example of twang when strings from an upright bass vibrate after they are plucked.
An example of twang is to speak with a country accent.

See twang in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. a quick, sharp, vibrating sound, as of a taut string suddenly plucked or released
2. an act of plucking that makes this sound
1. a sharply nasal way of speaking; ringing, nasal quality
2. a dialect characterized by this
Dialectal a twinge

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb

transitive verb

Also Raretwangle

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See twang in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb twanged, twang·ing, twangs

verb, intransitive

To emit a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument does when it is plucked.
To resound with a sharp, vibrating sound.
To speak in a strongly nasal tone of voice.

verb, transitive