0 present participle of twang
1 to make a noise like that of a tight string being quickly pulled and released:
Chekhov's great sonorous symbol, since first twanging in 1902, has resonated in the minds of those who witness the play or read its text.
Sitting in front of the fire one winter's afternoon, one of my grandsons started "twanging" the spring on my right leg.
The name is said to come from the twanging sound of the bat at contact, like that of a banjo.
The song contains instrumentation from the "bandonen", which is played at a breakneck speed, and also features a twanging guitar solo.
Techniques vary from sprinkling the turf with water, tea and beer to acupuncture, music or just twanging with a garden fork.
Happy then bounces off into the night, with the saw twanging away inside his body.
Edge can be found by twanging the epiglottic funnel (e.g. sounding like a duck).
