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Whang   /wæŋ/  /hwæŋ/   Listen
noun
Whang  n.  A leather thong. (Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.)


Whang  n.  
1.
A blow; whack. (Dial. or Colloq.)
2.
A large piece or slice; chunk. (Scot. & Dial. Eng.)
3.
Formerly, a house-cleaning party. (Local, U. S.)


verb
Whang  v. t.  
1.
To beat; thrash; bang; also, to throw, hurl, or fling about, violently. (Scot. & Dial. Eng.)
2.
To slice, esp. in large pieces; to chop. (Scot.)





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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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