Twang

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To emit a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument does when it is plucked.
  • verb-intransitive. To resound with a sharp, vibrating sound.
  • verb-intransitive. To speak in a strongly nasal tone of voice.
  • v. To cause to make a sharp, vibrating sound: twanged the car antenna.
  • v. To utter with a strongly nasal tone of voice.
  • n. A sharp, vibrating sound, as that of a plucked string.
  • n. A strongly nasal tone of voice, especially as a peculiarity of certain regional dialects.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An onomatopoeia for the sound of a vibrating string - e.g. of a bow, or a musical instrument.
  • n. A technical term for a particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electrical guitars.
  • n. A trace of regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
  • n. A sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
  • v. To produce a sharp vibrating sound.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tang. See tang a state.
  • verb-intransitive. To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
  • v. To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
  • n. A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go.
  • n. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To give out a sharp, metallic ring, as the string of a musical instrument, a bow, etc., when plucked and suddenly set free: said also of other instruments which make a similar sound.
  • To make music on a stringed instrument that is played by plucking or snapping; cause a sharp ringing sound like that of a harp or bowstring: as, to twang on a jews'-harp.
  • To have a nasal sound: said of the human voice; also, to speak with a nasal twang: said of persons.
  • To shoot with a bow; make a shot; hence, figuratively, to surmise; guess.
  • To cause to sound with a short sharp ring; set in quick, resounding vibration, as the tense string of a bow or a musical instrument that is played by plucking: said less frequently of wind-instruments.
  • To sound forth by means of a twanging instrument.
  • To utter with a short, sharp, or nasal sound; specifically, to pronounce with a nasal twang.
  • n. The sound of a tense string set in sudden sharp vibration by plucking; hence, any sharp, ringing musical sound.
  • n. A sharp, ringing nasal tone, especially of the human voice.
  • An exclamation or sound imitative of the twang of a bowstring, harpstring, etc.
  • n. A sharp taste; a disagreeable after-taste or flavor left in the mouth; a tang; a flavor.
  • n. A sharp pull; a sudden pang, a twinge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. sound with a twang
  • v. pluck (strings of an instrument)
  • v. pronounce with a nasal twang
  • v. twitch or throb with pain
  • n. a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
  • n. exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
  • v. cause to sound with a twang
  • Verb Form
    twanged    twanging    twangs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sound    go    pick    pluck    plunk    articulate    enunciate    say    sound out    pronounce   
    Cross Reference
    nasality    pull    to go off twanging    brogue    lilt    drawl    lisp   
    Variant
    tang   
    Form
    twanged    twanging   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Tang    Zhejiang    bong    hwang    kang    tang   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    intonation    drawl    tinkle    jangle    whine    clang    cadence    snap    croak    clack