twangverb [ I or T ]
uk/twæŋ/us/twæŋ/to make a noise like that of a tight string being quickly pulled and released:
He twanged the guitar string.
The springs twanged.
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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- thud
- ting
- whine
- whistle
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twangnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/twæŋ/us/twæŋ/twang noun [ C usually singular ] (SOUND)
a noise like that of a tight string being quickly pulled and released:
We heard a twang as the cable broke.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- chime
- chug
- clash
- crackling
- ding
- ding-a-ling
- ding-dong
- fizz
- hoot
- knock
- pip
- rasp
- ringer
- rumbling
- sing
- slam
- thud
- ting
- whine
- whistle
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twang noun [ C usually singular ] (VOICE)
a quality of the human voice, produced by air passing out through the nose as you speak:
a nasal/southern twang
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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