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Whang

noun

The act of hitting vigorously. Synonyms: belt, knock, rap, whack.

verb

Beat with force.

Propel or hit with force.

Attack forcefully.

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"Whang" Quotes from Famous Books

... came in a single shot from across the road. A bullet sang through the doorway, flattening itself with a whang on the iron wall. Those around the opening ...

— The Fur Bringers - A Story of the Canadian Northwest • Hulbert Footner

... better go get an heiress," he advised his mate, sourly. "Being an old-fashioned skipper in these days of steam-boating is what I'm too polite to name. And as to being the other kind—well, you have just seen him whang past!" ...

— Blow The Man Down - A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 • Holman Day

... to biz, some flirt with Liz Down on the sands of Coney; But we, by hell, stay in Carmel, And whang the abalone." ...

— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London

... preached us those six Lent-lectures more unctuous than ever he preached." Noon strikes,—here sweeps the procession! our Lady borne smiling and smart, With a pink gauze gown all spangles, and seven swords stuck in her heart! Bang-whang-whang goes the drum, tootle-te-tootle the fife; No keeping one's haunches still: it's ...

— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 6 • Various

... "'Whang! goes the old Betsy,' says Jack, 'an' that slave to licker's shy his left hand. "Which it lets me out!" he exclaims; an' datin' from said catastrophy he'd no more tech nosepaint, that a-way, than he'd ...

— Faro Nell and Her Friends - Wolfville Stories • Alfred Henry Lewis

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