twang
verb (used without object)
to give out a sharp, vibrating sound, as the string of a musical instrument when plucked.
twanging
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present participleof twang.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Over a pleasantly discordant score of dreamy electronic chords and twanging banjos, Matthew finds pencil marks charting his growth as a child while these parents fuss over their own new baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
Ball, who is remembered in a statue in the Lancashire town of Lytham where he lived for more than 20 years, was famous for twanging his braces on stage, while saying: "Rock on, Tommy."
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2022
What comes next is the kind of thing that works, as Jesús launches into the defiant tune “Born in Laredo,” driven by a twanging, sidewinding guitar.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 13, 2019
There’s plenty of peppy synthpop and new wave, but also laid back lounge-rock, twanging alt-country and, on the party-starting Blood, the hipster reincarnation of the KLF.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2018
“I’ve got a musical message to deliver to ’Arry Potter in person,” he said, twanging his harp in a threatening sort of way.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
