'Twang' definitions:
Definition of 'twang'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
noun
Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects) [syn: twang, nasal twang]
verb
Cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"
verb
Sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"
verb
Twitch or throb with pain
verb
Pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"
verb
Pronounce with a nasal twang
Definition of 'Twang'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Twang'
From: GCIDE
- Twang \Twang\, v. t. To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly. [1913 Webster]
- Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Twang'
From: GCIDE
- Twang \Twang\, n.
- 1. A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound. [1913 Webster]
- He has such a twang in his discourse. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'twang'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accent,
- aphonia,
- artificial voice,
- bark,
- bawl,
- belch,
- bellow,
- blare,
- blat,
- blubber,
- boom,
- bray,
- breathe,
- broad accent,
- brogue,
- broken speech,
- broken tones,
- broken voice,
- burr,
- buzz,
- cackle,
- caw,
- chant,
- childish treble,
- chirp,
- chirr,
- choked voice,
- clang,
- clangor,
- clank,
- clash,
- coo,
- cracked voice,
- craunch,
- croak,
- crow,
- crump,
- crunch,
- dash,
- drawl,
- dysarthria,
- dyslalia,
- dyslogia,
- dysphasia,
- dysphonia,
- dysphrasia,
- exclaim,
- falsetto,
- flute,
- gasp,
- grind,
- groan,
- growl,
- grumble,
- grunt,
- harshness,
- hawking voice,
- hiss,
- hoarseness,
- idioglossia,
- idiolalia,
- impairment of speech,
- intimation,
- jangle,
- jar,
- keen,
- lilt,
- lisp,
- lisping,
- loss of voice,
- mumble,
- murmur,
- mutter,
- muzzy speech,
- nasal tone,
- nasalization,
- pant,
- pick,
- pipe,
- pluck,
- plunk,
- quaver,
- rasp,
- regional accent,
- roar,
- rumble,
- scranch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scream,
- screech,
- scrunch,
- shade,
- shake,
- shriek,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- sigh,
- sing,
- snap,
- snarl,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuffle,
- sob,
- speech defect,
- speech impediment,
- squall,
- squawk,
- squeal,
- streak,
- strum,
- suspicion,
- sweep the strings,
- thrum,
- thunder,
- tinge,
- touch,
- trace,
- tremor,
- trumpet,
- wail,
- warble,
- whiff,
- whine,
- whisper,
- yap,
- yawp,
- yell,
- yelp