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twang


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twang  \Twang\,  n. 
  A  tang.  See  {Tang}  a  state.  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twang  \Twang\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Twanged};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Twanging}.]  [Of  imitative  origin;  cf  {Tang}  a  sharp  sound, 
  {Tinkle}.] 
  To  sound  with  a  quick,  harsh  noise;  to  make  the  sound  of  a 
  tense  string  pulled  and  suddenly  let  go  as  the  bowstring 
  twanged. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twang  \Twang\,  v.  t. 
  To  make  to  sound,  as  by  pulling  a  tense  string  and  letting  it 
  go  suddenly. 
 
  Sounds  the  tough  horn,  and  twangs  the  quivering  string. 
  --Pope. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Twang  \Twang\,  n. 
  1.  A  harsh,  quick  sound,  like  that  made  by  a  stretched  string 
  when  pulled  and  suddenly  let  go  as  the  twang  of  a 
  bowstring. 
 
  2.  An  affected  modulation  of  the  voice;  a  kind  of  nasal 
  sound. 
 
  He  has  such  a  twang  in  his  discourse.  --Arbuthnot. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  twang 
  n  1:  a  sharp  vibrating  sound  (as  of  a  plucked  string) 
  2:  exaggerated  nasality  in  speech  (as  in  some  regional 
  dialects)  [syn:  {nasal  twang}] 
  v  1:  cause  to  sound  with  a  twang;  "He  twanged  the  guitar  string" 
  2:  sound  with  a  twang,  as  of  a  bowstring 
  3:  twitch  or  throb  with  pain 
  4:  pluck,  as  a  string  of  an  instrument;  "He  twanged  his  bow" 
  5:  pronounce  with  a  nasal  twang 




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