whang

whang ¹  (hwng, wng)

n.

1. A thong or whip of hide or leather.

2.

a. A lashing blow, as of a whip.

b. The sound of such a blow.

3. Vulgar Slang The penis.

tr.v. whanged, whang·ing, whangs

1. To beat or whip with a thong.

2. To beat with a sharp blow or blows.

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[Dialectal variant of Middle English thong, thwang, thong; see thong.]

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whang ²  (hwng, wng) Informal

v. whanged, whang·ing, whangs

v.tr.

To strike so as to produce a loud, reverberant noise.

v.intr.

To produce a loud, reverberant noise.

n.

A loud, reverberant noise.

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[Imitative.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	whang - the act of hitting vigorously; "he gave the table a whack" whack, knock, rap, belt blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Verb	1.	whang - beat with force beat - hit repeatedly; "beat on the door"; "beat the table with his shoe"
	2.	whang - propel or hit with force; "whang the ball" hit - cause to move by striking; "hit a ball"
	3.	whang - attack forcefully; "whang away at the school reform plan" lash out, attack, snipe, assail, assault, round - attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker"