noun

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

Etymology: 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