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whang
1[hwang, wang]
noun
a resounding blow.
the sound produced by such a blow.
the whang of gongs and cymbals.
verb (used with object)
to strike with a resounding blow.
verb (used without object)
to resound with such a blow.
whang
1/ æŋ /
verb
to strike or be struck so as to cause a resounding noise
noun
the resounding noise produced by a heavy blow
a heavy blow
whang
2/ æŋ /
noun
a leather thong
verb
(tr) to strike with or as if with a thong
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whang1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of whang1
Origin of whang2
Example Sentences
Around here the people seem content to settle for whatever scars life whangs them with as a decoration.
Or an emptiness so sudden it leaves the girders whanging in the absence of wind, the sky milk-blue and astringent?
They turned down Cannery Row and whanged a stone at the corrugated iron front of Morden’s Cannery.
The sharp, pointed fragment hit a hollow tooth and whanged into the nerve.
I will eat it the second day, but never, ever the third, and certainly not if it has anything resembling a whang.
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