(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ something such as a tight string or elastic band, or if it ~s, it makes a fairly loud, ringing sound because it has been pulled and then released.
...people who sat at the back of class and ~ed an elastic band...
The song is a fiery mix of ~ing guitar with relentless drumming...
The fiddle began to ~.
VERB: V n, V-ing, V
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Twang is also a noun.
Something gave a loud discordant ~...
N-COUNT; SOUND
2.
A ~ is a quality in someone’s way of speaking in which sound seems to be coming through the nose.
...her broad Australian ~.
N-COUNT: usu sing