twanging
present participle oftwang
twang
verb[IorT]
uk/twæŋ/us/twæŋ/to make anoiselike that of atightstringbeingquicklypulledandreleased:
He twanged theguitarstring.
Thespringstwanged.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- bong
- chuff
- clatter
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- growl
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- plunk
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
Examplesoftwanging
twanging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Sitting in front of the fire one winter's afternoon, one of my grandsons started "twanging" the spring on my right leg.
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The name is said to come from thetwangingsound of the bat at contact, like that of a banjo.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The song contains instrumentation from the "bandonen", which is played at a breakneck speed, and also features atwangingguitar solo.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Techniques vary from sprinkling the turf with water, tea and beer to acupuncture, music or justtwangingwith a garden fork.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Happy then bounces off into the night, with the sawtwangingaway inside his body.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Edge can be found bytwangingthe epiglottic funnel (e.g. sounding like a duck).
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- enormous distance
- enormous diversity
- enormous drain on
- enormous enthusiasm
- enormous expansion
- enormous expense
- enormous explosion
- enormous fortune
- enormous gap
- enormous growth
- enormous hardship
- enormous hurdle
- enormous impact
- enormous implications
- enormous importance
- enormous incentive
- enormous increase
- enormous influence
- enormous influx
- enormous leap
- enormously
- enormous magnitude
- enormousness
- enormous obstacle
- enormous opportunity