to twang
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6.5
- verb
- /twæŋ/
:
puntear
- His father took a jew's harp from his pocket and held it to his lips, twanging out a tune.
- twang a guitar
- a twanging sound
Thought history was thrashing around like a steel hawser with the tension off, twanging backwards and forwards across reality in great destructive sweeps.
- Thought history was thrashing around like a steel hawser with the tension off, twanging backwards and forwards across reality in great destructive sweeps.
Examples
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But it would have been the strangest of all, I reckon, if somebody had seen me sitting there in the smoke, twanging on that little white wheel.
Fiction book (1992) -
As a matter of fact, he's gonna take hold of that little old guitar, folks, he gonna twang-twang it for you.
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Gonna grab that guitar, he gon' twang it for ya...
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He's gonna take hold of that guitar and twang it for you.
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Arriving at the arcade, he kneels and prostrates himself three times, knocking his forehead against the ground, and promptly starts singing in a ringing voice, twanging away at the guitar.
Fiction book (2000) -
When she plucked the string, it made a sharp twang that echoed through the room.
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He loves to twang the guitar strings during his performances.
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As the bow touched the violin string, it produced a clear and beautiful twang.
Synonyms
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7.8
A short hollow sound made by pulling a string or hitting an object
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7.3
To make a short high sound by hitting small hard things
To pluck a string or rubber band to make a sharp, clear sound
To play the strings of an instrument gently and repeatedly
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Twang as a verb comes from copying the sound of a plucked string, so to twang something is to make that sharp, vibrating noise. That is why you can 'twang' a guitar string, a rubber band, or anything that gives a quick, ringing sound.