twang

1. 1.

   a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)

   Broadersound
2. 2.

   exaggerated nasality in speech (as in some regional dialects)

   Synonymsnasal twang

   Broadernasality

Other forms of twang

plural

twangs·

past tense

twanged·

present participle

twanging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about twang

What does twang mean?

twang means "cause to sound with a twang". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in twang?

twang has 1 syllable: twang. In IPA it is /ˈtwɑŋ/.

What is another word for twang?

Close synonyms include nasal twang. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is twang a common word?

twang is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.