Whang

Quick meaning: Whang is a verb meaning (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.

Meaning

(informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.

More Meanings

1. (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
2. (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
3. (dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
4. (British, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
5. (US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.
6. (UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
7. (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.

Example Sentences

I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

"Now I suppose you never take any particular notice of cats, 'Orace?" "Can't say as I do. Except now and then to have a whang at one."

I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump.

The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him.

Word Forms

• whangs
• whanging
• whanged

Synonyms for whang

Depending on context, synonyms include fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include whack, rap, knock, belt, slang, peng.

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