💃 An effeminate man 🎸 A twanging sound 🎸 To pluck loudly

to twank

9.9

To pluck a string or rubber band to make a sharp, clear sound

verb

: pellizcar

The child liked to twank the rubber band and listen to its sound.

Examples

He will twank the guitar string to check its tuning before performing.
She twanked the wire, producing a quick, metallic note.
She loves to twank the guitar strings.
He twanked the rubber band to make a funny noise.
He will twank the guitar string to check its tuning before performing.
The child liked to twank the rubber band and listen to its sound.
He twanked the wire, producing a quick, metallic note.

Synonyms

to twang

vsto twank

1 6.5

To make a sharp vibrating sound by plucking a string

is a stronger, more resonant pluck sound

to plink

vsto twank

1 7.3

To make a short high sound by hitting small hard things

is a plucked resonant sound rather than short metallic rings

How Sharp

to clang

11 3.5

to twank

9.9

pluck

6.1

buzz

64 1.0

murmur

36 4.1

Surface Forms

twank infinitive

twanked past

twanked past participle

twanking present participle

twanks third person singular

Etymology

Twank comes from the same sound word as twang, so to twank something is to make that short, sharp pluck. That's why when you twank a string you hear a quick, ringing note.