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twang
noun
1 twang
A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string).
Roget 402:
sound,
noise,
strain;
accent,
twang,
intonation,
tone;
cadence;
sonorousness
etc.
adj.;
audibility;
resonance
etc.
408;
voice
etc.
580;
aspirate;
ideophone†;
rough breathing.
[Science, of sound]
acoustics;
phonics,
phonetics,
phonology,
phonography†;
diacoustics†,
diaphonics†;
phonetism†.
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Roget 583:
inarticulateness;
stammering
etc.
v.;
hesitation
etc.
v.;
impediment in one's speech;
titubancy†,
traulism†;
whisper
etc.
(faint sound)
405;
lisp,
drawl,
tardiloquence†;
nasal tone,
nasal accent;
twang;
falsetto
etc.
(want of voice)
581;
broken voice,
broken accents,
broken sentences.
brogue
etc.
563;
slip of the tongue,
lapsus linouae [Lat.].
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Roget 392:
pungency,
piquance,
piquancy,
poignancy haut-gout,
strong taste,
twang,
race.
sharpness
etc.
adj.;
acrimony;
roughness
etc.
(sour)
392;
unsavoriness
etc.
395.
mustard,
cayenne,
caviare;
seasoning
etc.
(condiment)
393;
niter,
saltpeter,
brine
(saltiness)
392.1;
carbonate of ammonia;
sal ammoniac†,
sal volatile,
smelling salts;
hartshorn
(acridity)
401.1.
dram,
cordial,
nip.
nicotine,
tobacco,
snuff,
quid,
smoke;
segar†;
cigar,
cigarette;
weed;
fragrant weed,
Indian weed;
Cavendish,
fid†,
negro head,
old soldier,
rappee†,
stogy†.
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Roget 390:
taste,
flavor,
gust,
gusto,
savor;
gout,
relish;
sapor†,
sapidity†;
twang,
smack,
smatch†;
aftertaste,
tang.
tasting;
degustation,
gustation.
palate,
tongue,
tooth,
stomach.
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Polish: brzdęk
2 twang
Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects).
synonym: nasal twang.
Dutch: neusspraak, rinolalie
verb
1 twang
Cause to sound with a twang.
Roget 390:
taste,
savor,
smatch†,
smack,
flavor,
twang;
tickle the palate
etc.
(savory)
394;
smack the lips.
Roget 410:
creak,
grate,
jar,
burr,
pipe,
twang,
jangle,
clank,
clink;
scream
etc.
(cry)
411;
yelp
etc.
(animal sound)
412;
buzz
etc.
(hiss)
409.
set the teeth on edge,
corcher les oreilles [Fr.];
pierce the ears,
split the ears,
split the head;
offend the ear,
grate upon the ear,
jar upon the ear.
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2 twang
3 twang
Twitch or throb with pain.
4 twang
Pluck (strings of an instrument).
5 twang
Pronounce with a nasal twang.
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