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🗣️ A nasal accent 🎸 A sharp sound 🎸 To pluck sharply 🗣️ To speak nasally
twang

twang

6 7.9
A speech sound that comes through the nose and shows a regional accent
  • noun
  • /twæŋ/
: acento nasal
  • I'm very proud of my twang.
  • a nasal twang
  • a southern twang
  • twang in the voice

Little country twang with with Jelly roll and lonely Rd.

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Examples

  • I listened attentively to her speech, enriched by a Midwestern twang, as it boldly rang out and echoed through our cathedral-like living room.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • When that happened, she couldn't always make out what he was saying through that Southern twang.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I sing "Happy Birthday" and give it a nice country twang.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • There was a slight twang to his voice.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • But then I have this twang from like my Canadian roots.

  • I think I detect a slight twang in there somewhere.

    The Glass Castle (2017)

  • "Howdy there," he announced in the same twang that Spivak had heard over the phone.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • "You been spying on your cousin Max, have you?" he drawled with a Southern twang.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • A voice whose twang spelled comfort and safety to Christina Romney.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • When she speaks, the twang in her voice reveals her Southern roots.

Synonyms

nasal twang
vstwang
1 7.9

A strong voice sound made through the nose common in some accents

is the general speech quality showing an exaggerated nasal sound

Antonyms

clarity
7 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

Compounds

nasal twang
1 7.9

A strong voice sound made through the nose common in some accents

How Nasal

nasality
  • Specialized
1 7.2
twang
6 7.9
accent
408 3.2

Surface Forms

twang singular
twangs plural

Etymology

Twang began as a simple sound word that copies the sharp noise of a plucked string, like the quick sound of a guitar. People later used twang for a 'nasal' way of speaking because that tight, bright voice can remind you of the same vibrating string. That's why twang now names a strong regional accent sound.