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twangled

Variant of twang

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

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
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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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