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Meaning of twang

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  twang
      n 1: a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
      2: exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
         [syn: {twang}, {nasal twang}]
      v 1: cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"
      2: sound with a twang; "the bowstring was twanging"
      3: twitch or throb with pain
      4: pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"
      5: pronounce with a nasal twang

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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