Dictionary Entry
twang
twang is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A tang. See Tang a state. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A tang. See Tang a state.
- 2intransitive verb
To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.
- 3transitive verb
To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
- 4noun
A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.
- 5noun
An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
- 6noun
exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
- 7noun
a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
- 8verb
pronounce with a nasal twang
- 9verb
pluck (strings of an instrument)
"He twanged his bow"
- 10verb
twitch or throb with pain
- 11verb
sound with a twang
"the bowstring was twanging"
- 12verb
cause to sound with a twang
"He twanged the guitar string"
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