Whang Definition

wăng, hwăng

whangs

noun

whangs

A thong of leather.

Webster's New World

A lashing blow, as of a whip.

American Heritage

A whack or blow.

Webster's New World

A whanging noise.

Webster's New World

Leather for thongs, etc.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

verb

whangs

To strike so as to produce a loud, reverberant noise.

American Heritage

To strike with a resounding blow.

Webster's New World

To make a whanging noise.

Webster's New World

To beat or thrash.

Webster's New World

(informal) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.

Wiktionary

Origin of Whang

Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

From Wiktionary
Dialectal variant of Middle English thong, thwang thong thong

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Imitative

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Imitative.

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