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单词 twank
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twankv.

/twaŋk/
Etymology: Echoic; expressing a sound that begins like a twang, but is abruptly cut short, such as is produced by striking a body with small resonance.
dialect.
1. intransitive. To twang with short and sharp effect.
ΚΠ
1821 [see twanking n. and adj. at Derivatives].
2. transitive. To strike with the open palm, to spank.
ΚΠ
1711 [see twanking n. and adj. at Derivatives].
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Twank, v...2. To give a smart slap with the flat of the hand, on the breech, or other fleshy part.

Derivatives

ˈtwanker n. = twanger n. 2.
ΚΠ
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Twanker, a large bulky person; any thing large.
ˈtwanking n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > spanking > a spanking
twanking1711
paddling1851
smack-bottom1970
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > ringing sound > [noun] > clank
clank1656
twanking1711
clanking1766
clankety-clank1895
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 251. ¶4 Disturbing a whole Street for an hour together, with the twancking of a Brass Kettle or a Frying-Pan.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 90 While distant thresher's swingle drops With sharp and hollow-twanking raps.
1905 Daily Chron. 16 June 6/5 When she tried to escape Mrs. Lewthwaite gave her a ‘twanking’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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