Definitions for twang

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Spelling: [twang]

IPA: /twæŋ/

Twang is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in twang (agntw).

Definitions for twang

noun

1. the sharp, ringing sound produced by plucking or suddenly releasing a tense string.
2. a sound resembling this.
3. an act of plucking or picking:
4. a sharp, nasal tone, as of the human voice.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to make a sharp, vibrating sound, as a string of a musical instrument.
2. to produce (music) by plucking the strings of a musical instrument.
3. to pluck the strings of (a musical instrument):
4. to speak with a sharp, nasal tone.
5. to pull the string of (an archer's bow).
6. to let fly (an arrow).

verb (used without object)

1. to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
2. to produce such a sound by plucking a stringed musical instrument.
3. to have or produce a sharp, nasal tone, as the human voice.

Origin of twang

First recorded in 1535-45; imitative

Examples for twang

He had a shrewd, good sort of face, and a Yankee twang to his speech.

Bask in the intergenerational warmth as they rock ‘n’ twang together.

Lance heard a twang of Scotch in the “very rare” which pleased him.

It looks a bit older, but once you hear that gravelly-squeaky Tennessee twang, it hits you: this is Lori Petty.

Her voice is just like yours; it's got a twang to it like blowing on the edge of a piece of paper.

"It has a twang of the wine cask in it," said one, smacking his lips.

I have thirteen arrows yet, and if one of them fly unfleshed, then, by the twang of string!

I was glad that my missile had been thrown away,—that he had not even heard the twang of the bow.

The host spoke her words like an experienced preacher—Mississippi twang in tow—signing off, “to God be the glory.”

The twang we hear as emblematic of white country music is actually the direct descendant of black folk music banjo.