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

1. noun. A tang. See Tang a state.
2. intransitive 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.
3. transitive verb. To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
4. noun. A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.
5. noun. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
6. noun. exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
7. noun. a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
8. verb. pronounce with a nasal twang
9. verb. pluck (strings of an instrument)

   "He twanged his bow"

10. verb. twitch or throb with pain
11. verb. sound with a twang

    "the bowstring was twanging"

12. verb. cause to sound with a twang

    "He twanged the guitar string"

Common word forms

twangs, twanged, twanger, twanging

Words from these letters

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