twing twangn.
/ˈtwɪŋ ˈtwaŋ/ rare.
A representation of the sound of the harp, or other such instrument.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > other resonant sounds > [noun] > of string
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of stringed instrument
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1761 H. Walpole Let. to C'tess Ailesbury 20 July All the guitars are untuned;..she must take some David or other to teach her the new twing twang, twing twing twang.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. xv. 68 Ptr…r..r..ing—twing—twang—prut—trut—'tis a cursed bad fiddle.
1800–1 R. Southey Thalaba Pref. to ed. 4 The regular Jew's harp twing-twang, of what has been foolishly called heroic measure.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 421 Their paler smaller negroid hands jingle the twingtwang wires.
1953 John o' London's Weekly 23 Jan. 75/3 Central in the ‘orchestra’ was a guitar making a lazy twing-twang of sound.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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