1. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
   "The twang of the guitar string resonated through the room"
    
2. Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
   "His strong nasal twang immediately identified him as being from the Midwest";
   - nasal twang

1. Cause to sound with a twang
   "He twanged the guitar string"
    
2. Sound with a twang
   "the bowstring was twanging"
    
3. Twitch or throb with pain
   "His injured muscle twanged with every movement"
    
4. Pluck (strings of an instrument)
   "He twanged his bow"
    
5. Pronounce with a nasal twang
   "He twanged his words in a distinctive Southern accent"

Derived forms: twanged, twanging, twangs

Type of: articulate, enounce [archaic], enunciate, go, nasality, pick, pluck, plunk [informal], pronounce, say, sound, sound out, throb

Encyclopedia: Twang, Austria