- to strike with a resounding blow
- Dial. to beat or thrash
Origin of whang
echoic to make a whanging noise
- a whanging noise
- a whack or blow
whang
whang- a thong of leather
- leather for thongs, etc.
Origin of whang
altered from Middle English thwang, thongWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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whang
noun
- A thong or whip of hide or leather.
- a. A lashing blow, as of a whip.b. The sound of such a blow.
- Vulgar Slang The penis.
transitive verb
whanged, whang·ing, whangs- To beat or whip with a thong.
- To beat with a sharp blow or blows.
Origin of whang
Dialectal variant of Middle English thong, thwang thong ; see thong .Informal
verb
whanged, whang·ing, whangsverb
transitiveTo strike so as to produce a loud, reverberant noise.
verb
intransitiveTo produce a loud, reverberant noise.
noun
A loud, reverberant noise.
Origin of whang
ImitativeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present whangs, present participle whanging, simple past and past participle whanged)
Origin
Origin
Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.
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