twang
verb (used without object)
to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
twanged
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past participleof twang.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof twang.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
twangverb (used without object)to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
Example Sentences
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He added: "I ambitiously broke into a sprint, then that leg twanged and the other leg twanged and I knew something had gone seriously wrong with my hamstrings."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
With “Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X twanged country tropes over a trap beat, kicked off a yee-haw agenda and launched a pop career off the back of a novelty hit.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
As the opening bars twanged, I chuckled into the mike and asked, “Are you guys ready to be sad?”
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2017
A transistor radio twanged on a seawall where a Hawaiian family picnicked on the sand.
From The New Yorker ● May 25, 2015
This marked the first time Pacheco had seen him fly, and his heart twanged like a melodramatic soap opera chord.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
