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/ˈtwæŋ/ · noun
The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument..
Let me give you in rude recitation, with here and there a twang and a caper of the guitar-strings, my vision of the Cid's sally from his besieged castle of Alcocer—the first outburst of that Spanish deluge that never receded till it rose over the dead body of the last Moor.
Despite having lived in Canada for 20 years, he still has that Eastern European twang in his voice.
A few insinuated that the American was not first-rate in Shakespeare, and one or two snidely detected a twang of the backwoods in his accent; […]
Judging by the new voice over the PA, we've had a crew change in Plymouth - the warning about masks and the apology for lack of catering is made in a chirpy Cockney twang rather than a West Country burr.
Near-synonym: nasality
nasal twang
spicy twang
Buttermilk also tastes different today. What do people do when they make buttermilk for the public that gives buttermilk that twang taste? Do these people put milk in an aging tank to mature like wine in a place where air and germs can't get to it?
Use twang when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Twang means The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument..
Common synonyms include nasality, tang, nasal twang.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Let me give you in rude recitation, with here and there a twang and a caper of the guitar-strings, my vision of the Cid's sally from his besieged castle of Alcocer—the first outburst of that Spanish deluge that never receded till it rose over the dead body of the last Moor.
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