Hypertext Webster Gateway: "twang"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twang \Twang\, n.
A tang. See {Tang} a state. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twang \Twang\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Twanged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Twanging}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. {Tang} a sharp sound,
{Tinkle}.]
To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a
tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring
twanged.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twang \Twang\, v. t.
To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it
go suddenly.
Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string.
--Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Twang \Twang\, n.
1. A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string
when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a
bowstring.
2. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal
sound.
He has such a twang in his discourse. --Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
twang
n 1: a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
2: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional
dialects) [syn: {nasal twang}]
v 1: cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"
2: sound with a twang, as of a bowstring
3: twitch or throb with pain
4: pluck, as a string of an instrument; "He twanged his bow"
5: pronounce with a nasal twang
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