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How to pronounce twang in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms nasal twang
Type of nasality
Type Words
Type of sound
Type Words
Type of sound


He twanged the guitar string.
Type Words
Type of pluck, pick, plunk


He twanged his bow.
Type Words
Type of sound out, enounce, say, articulate, enunciate, pronounce
Type Words
Type of sound, go


the bowstring was twanging.
Type Words
Type of throb

Examples of twang

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This crack quintet isn't merely a bunch of rockers who added twang to their mix.
From the timesunion.com
Los Straitjackets might be known for summoning sounds of vintage surf and twang.
From the kentucky.com
Before 2 years ago, Calvin Borel was a little-known jockey with the Bayou twang.
From the news-journalonline.com
He's a tall, animated figure, chatting away with a slightly transatlantic twang.
From the metro.co.uk
He speaks with a country twang and displays a likable awkwardness and humility.
From the sacbee.com
Then the guitar twang rushes in to color the after-hours imagery before receding.
From the kentucky.com
The band's vintage country sound is filled with sass, twang and jangly guitars.
From the suntimes.com
Sugar was not one to hover, her daughter says with fondness and a Southern twang.
From the npr.org
The merger was suppressed before a velar consonant, as in quack, twang, wag, wax.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Cause to sound with a twang; "He twanged the guitar string"
  • A sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
  • Exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)
  • Twitch or throb with pain
  • Pluck (strings of an instrument); "He twanged his bow"
  • Pronounce with a nasal twang
  • Twang!! is a musical written by Lionel Bart, based on the story of Robin Hood. It is most famous for its disastrous box-office failure. It opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End on the 20th of December 1965 and ran for three weeks. ...
  • Twang is the title of the 26th studio album by American country music artist George Strait. It was released on August 11, 2009 via MCA Nashville, the same label to which Strait has been signed since 1981. It is produced by Tony Brown. ...
  • Twang were an indie band from Manchester/Preston, England, signed to Ron Johnson Records. Their first release was a flexi-disc, "What's The Rub" in 1985. ...