twank
English
Etymology
Imitative. Compare twang, twangle.
Verb
twank (third-person singular simple present twanks, present participle twanking, simple past and past participle twanked)
- (intransitive, dated) To emit a sharp twanging sound.
- (transitive, dated) To cause to make a sharp twanging sound.
- Joseph Addison
- London has the privilege of disturbing a whole street for an hour together, with the twanking of a brass kettle or frying-pan.
- Joseph Addison
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for twank in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)