Whang
Sponsored by Lucie McKnight HardyCame first in group 843 in round 1 with 307 votesbeat Birch on 126 votesbeat Farewell on 103 votesbeat Tread on 26 votes
Came first in group 211 in round 2 with 344 votesbeat Acquiesce on 250 votesbeat Perfunctory on 206 votesbeat Disrupt on 34 votes
Lost in group 106 in round 3 with 244 votesbeaten by Balderdash on 485 votes
See also: Whang
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Verb[edit]
whang (third-person singular simple present whangs, present participle whanging, simple past and past participle whanged)
- (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- 1922, E. E. Cummings, The Enormous room:
- The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him...
- (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
- 1993, Ralph Moody, Edward Shenton (illustrator), The Fields of Home, page 31:
- I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump.
- 1993, Ralph Moody, Edward Shenton (illustrator), The Fields of Home, page 31:
- (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
- I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.
- (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
Noun[edit]
whang (plural whangs)
- (dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
- (British, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
- (US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.
Etymology 2[edit]
Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun[edit]
whang (plural whangs)