twang

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)

Definition categories: event, sound

2. exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)

Definition categories: attribute, nasality

verb

1. cause to sound with a twang

- He twanged the guitar string

Definition categories: perception, sound

2. sound with a twang

- the bowstring was twanging

Definition categories: perception, go, sound

3. twitch or throb with pain

Definition categories: perception, throb

4. pluck (strings of an instrument)

- He twanged his bow

Definition categories: contact, pick, pluck, plunk

5. pronounce with a nasal twang

Definition categories: communication, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say