"twang" in the noun sense
1. twang
a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
2. twang, nasal twang
exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
"twang" in the verb sense
1. twang
cause to sound with a twang
"He twanged the guitar string"
2. twang
sound with a twang
"the bowstring was twanging"
3. twang
twitch or throb with pain
4. twang
pluck (strings of an instrument
"He twanged his bow"
5. twang
pronounce with a nasal twang
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