whang

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a loud, sharp, resonant sound, especially one made by a forceful impact

   The rifle's whang echoed across the frozen field.

2. 2
   intj

   used to represent a sudden loud impact or resonant report

   Whang went the metal gate as the wind slammed it shut.

3. 3
   verb

   to strike, throw, or propel with force, or to make a loud resonant sound

   Loose branches whang against the roof during the storm.

The sound noun is imitative, recorded from the eighteenth century for a sharp resonant report and later used as a verb. A separate dialectal noun meaning 'thong' comes through Scots thwang from the same Germanic family as thong; the forceful-striking verb has been influenced by both histories.

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