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Noun: twang  twang
  1. A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
     
  2. Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
    - nasal twang
Verb: twang  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
     
  4. Pluck (strings of an instrument)
    "He twanged his bow"
     
  5. Pronounce with a nasal twang

Derived forms: twanging, twanged, twangs

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

Encyclopedia: Twang, Austria