twank
nounEtymology Imitative. Compare English twang, twangle.
1
A sharp, twanging sound.
- a twank of the lock behind you1847, William Howitt, Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets:
twank
verbCA, US /ˈtweɪ̯ŋk/ · /ˈtwæŋk/
Etymology Imitative. Compare English twang, twangle.
1
Dated To emit a sharp twanging sound.
2
Dated To cause to make a sharp twanging sound.
- London has the privilege of disturbing a whole street for an hour together, with the twanking of a brass kettle or frying-pan.1711 December 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, December 18, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 251; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC: