TWANG


Meaning of TWANG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ twæŋ ]

( twangs, twanging, twanged)

1.

If you twang something such as a tight string or elastic band, or if it twangs , it makes a fairly loud, ringing sound because it has been pulled and then released.

...people who sat at the back of class and twanged an elastic band...

The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming...

The fiddle began to twang.

VERB : V n , V-ing , V

Twang is also a noun.

Something gave a loud discordant twang...

N-COUNT ; SOUND

2.

A twang is a quality in someone’s way of speaking in which sound seems to be coming through the nose.

...her broad Australian twang.

N-COUNT : usu sing

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