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)

  1. An example of a twang is the sound when you pluck the string of an acoustic guitar.
  2. 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)

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

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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
  1. Dialectal a twinge

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb

  1. to make a twang, as a bowstring, banjo, etc.
  2. to speak with a twang
  3. to be released with a twang: said of an arrow

transitive verb

  1. to cause to twang
  2. to say with a twang
  3. to shoot (an arrow), release (a bowstring), etc. with a twang
Also Raretwangle

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See twang in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb twanged, twang·ing, twangs
verb, intransitive
  1. To emit a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument does when it is plucked.
  2. To resound with a sharp, vibrating sound.
  3. To speak in a strongly nasal tone of voice.
verb, transitive
  1. To cause to make a sharp, vibrating sound: twanged the car antenna.
  2. To utter with a strongly nasal tone of voice.
noun
  1. A sharp, vibrating sound, as that of a plucked string.
  2. A strongly nasal tone of voice, especially as a peculiarity of certain regional dialects.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

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Related Forms:

  • twangˈy adjective

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