whangs
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present tense formof whang (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
whangnouna resounding blow.
Example Sentences
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A chance to catch a new nightclub star, Trini Lopez, who whangs at his guitar and sings.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It regularly whangs New York's archaic divorce laws and the breach of promise racket.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And the name which Queen Mary will cry as she whangs the bottle, will not be Britannia, but Victoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Around here the people seem content to settle for whatever scars life whangs them with as a decoration.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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The creeshie rax wi' skelpin' kaes Nae mair the howdie bicker whangs, Nor weanies in their wee bit claes Glour light as lammies wi' their sangs.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various