wang meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

wang

verb

/ˈwæŋ/ · /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/

Etymology Onomatopoeic.

To batter; to clobber; to conk.

To throw hard.

Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.1993, Tom McNally, “Panfish on Flies and Bugs”, in The Complete Book of Fly Fishing, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, published 1997, →ISBN, page 283:
He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.1998, Barry Hines, “The Football Match”, in James Riordan, editor, Football Stories, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 36:

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After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.2009, Mark Millhone, “Saltville”, in The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances: A Memoir, Rodale, →ISBN, page 132:

noun

Etymology Uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang, a dialectal form of thong (“strip of leather”). Compare wong.

Montana was naked, and so was Billy, of course. He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who’ll get one.1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, pages 168–169: