twangle
nounEtymology From twang + -le (frequentative suffix).
1
A twanging sound.
- Derived terms
- twingle-twangle
twangle
verbCA, US /ˈtweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ · /ˈtwæŋ.ɡəl/
Etymology From twang + -le (frequentative suffix).
1
Ambitransitive To twang repetitively.
- Cal. Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not : Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices, That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe, Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd I cri'de to dreame againe.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 12:
- While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- twangler