twang
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6.7
- noun
- /twæŋ/
:
sonido vibrante
- As the arrow flew through the air, its twang echoed in the quiet forest.
- twang of a guitar
- twang of a bowstring
- hear the twang
The natural beauty of his island expressed in his banjos Beloved twang?
- The natural beauty of his island expressed in his banjos Beloved twang?
Examples
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Standing outside, I heard the clink of bottles and the recorded twang of Chuck Berry's guitar.
Fiction book (2001) -
She heard the flat twang of a bowstring, and an arrow buried itself in her flank.
Fiction book (1999) -
A sharp twang, like a giant steel guitar string.
Fiction book (1991) -
A soft twang of protest sang through the steel links.
Fiction book (1998) -
I dozed too, but woke up sometime in the middle of the night after I thought I heard the twang of the screen door's spring.
Fiction book (1990) -
The reedy twang of a harmonica wrung the cool mountain air.
Fiction book (2002) -
There's the peculiar but familiar twang of a koto, and then a shamisen being briskly plucked.
Fiction book (1996) -
With the twangs of bowstrings and the sharp cracks of pistol shots, two of the suspending ropes parted.
Fiction book (1992) -
She could hear the twang of bowstrings, the hiss of heavy arrows flying through the air, the rattle and clatter as the arrows rebounded off the cliff face and knocked loose more scree.
Fiction book (1999) -
I heard a loud twang when she plucked the guitar string.
Synonyms
5
3.6
The sound made when someone sweeps fingers or a pick across a string instrument
4
7.9
A short, high, sharp buzzing sound
1
7.8
A short hollow sound made by pulling a string or hitting an object
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Etymology
Twang is an old word that copies the sharp, vibrating noise you hear when you pluck a string, like on a guitar or a bow. So a twang is simply that sudden, ringing sound made by a plucked string.