1. Noun
A tang. See Tang a state.
2. Verb
To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged.
3. Verb
To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly.
4. Noun
A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring.
5. Noun
An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound.
6. Noun
exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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