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whang 1
(wăng, hwăng)n.
1. A thong or whip of hide or leather.
2.
a. A lashing blow, as of a whip.
b. The sound of such a blow.
3. Vulgar Slang The penis.
tr.v. whanged, whang·ing, whangs
1. To beat or whip with a thong.
2. To beat with a sharp blow or blows.
[Dialectal variant of Middle English thong, thwang, thong; see thong.]
whang 2
(wăng, hwăng) Informalv. whanged, whang·ing, whangs
v.tr.
To strike so as to produce a loud, reverberant noise.
v.intr.
To produce a loud, reverberant noise.
n.
A loud, reverberant noise.
[Imitative.]
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whang
(wæŋ)vb
to strike or be struck so as to cause a resounding noise
n
1. the resounding noise produced by a heavy blow
2. a heavy blow
[C19: of imitative origin]
whang
(wæŋ)n
a leather thong
vb
(tr) to strike with or as if with a thong
[C17: variant of thong]
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whang1
(ʰwæŋ, wæŋ)n.
1. a resounding blow.
2. the sound produced by such a blow.
v.t. 3. to strike with a resounding blow.
v.i. 4. to resound with such a blow.
[1815–25; imitative]
whang2
(ʰwæŋ, wæŋ)n.
1. a thong, esp. of leather.
2. rawhide.
3. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. penis.
[1530–40; orig. Scots form of thwang, early form of thong (compare whack, whittle); sense “penis” perhaps an unrelated expressive word (compare dong3)]
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whang
Past participle: whanged
Gerund: whanging
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| Noun | 1. |  whang - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack"blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head" |
| Verb | 1. | whang - beat with force beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe" |
| 2. | whang - propel or hit with force; "whang the ball" hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball" | |
| 3. | whang - attack forcefully; "whang away at the school reform plan" |
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