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[ twang-ee ] / ˈtwæŋ i /
adjectivehaving the sharp, vibrating tone of a plucked string. having a nasal voice quality. Origin of twangyFirst recorded in 1885–90; twang + -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM twangytwang·i·ness, nounWords nearby twangytwaddle, twain, Twain, Mark, twang, twangle, twangy, 'twas, twat, twattle, T wave, twayblade Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for twangyIt's a blog in search of lonesome, twangy music that sounds old even if it isn't. The Best Music Blogs|Howard Wolfson|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST There were as many muffled and twangy notes as solidly struck strings, casual and rhythmic and one with the voice. Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie|Jimmy So|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST Because of the nature of the app—and the teeny, twangy language it employs—Lulu unsurprisingly targets girls on college campuses. Meet Lulu: An App That Lets Girls Rate Guys Anonymously|Isabel Wilkinson|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST The show opened with a bang: twangy, spaghetti-Western music; girls in Rodarte's signature spaghetti knits. Fashion Week Day 6|Isabel Wilkinson|February 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
She has one long leg in the Top 40 charts and another in the land of twangy vowels. Battle of the Blondes|Bryan Curtis|January 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Sloane's nasal, twangy exclamation was clearly intended to provoke him further. Their officers rushed wildly to and fro, excitedly waving their swords, shouting in their twangy language above the din of battle. Bamboo Tales|Ira L. Reeves I was sitting in the reading-room of the hotel one day, believing that I was alone, when a twangy voice broke in upon the silence. He had winded now a scent that roused him; and what is more, he remembered precisely what that twangy, acrid scent betokened. The cook flicked on the dial knob and the twangy strains of Hawaiian guitar music came throbbing out. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung|Victor Appleton
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