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Definition of 'wang'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (dialectal|or|obsolete) Cheek; the jaw.
  • (Chaucer)
    Derived terms
    * (l)

    Etymology 2

    (onomatopoeia)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) The sound made when a hollow metal object is struck a glancing blow.
  • A slap; a blow.
  • (Halliwell)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To batter; to clobber; to conk.
  • To throw hard.
  • * {{quote-book
  • |year=1993 |year_published=1997 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional |author=Tom McNally |title=The Complete Book of Fly Fishing |edition=Second Edition |chapter=Panfish on Flies and Bugs citation |pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Cc6bHeUtMxwC&pg=PA283&dq=%22wanged%22|%22wanging%22+-%22wanging%27ombe%22 |isbn=9780070456389 |page=283 |passage=Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.}}
  • * {{quote-book
  • |year=1998 |year_published=2004 |publisher=Oxford University Press |author=Barry Hines |editor=James Riordan |title=Football Stories |chapter=The Football Match citation |pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=qzPuDN6CpEYC&pg=PA52&dq="wanged"|"wanging" |isbn=9780192754059 |page=36 |passage=He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.}}
  • * {{quote-book
  • |year=2009 |publisher=Rodale |author=Mark Millhone |title=The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances: A Memoir |chapter=Saltville citation |pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=BXIQvXs8NF4C&pg=PA132&dq="wanged"|"wanging"+-"wanging'ombe" |isbn=9781594868238 |page=132 |passage=After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.}}

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps short for . See (l).

    Alternative forms

    * whang

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (colloquial) Penis.
  • Anagrams

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    Similar to 'wang'

    wing, wong, whing, whang