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Definition of 'whang'

English

Etymology 1

Imitative.

Verb

(en-verb)
  • (chiefly|of an object) To make a noise such as something moving quickly through the air.
  • *
  • (informal) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
  • * 1993 , (illustrator), The Fields of Home , page 31:
  • I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump.
  • (US|slang) To whack or beat.
  • I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

    Etymology 2

    Debuccalized (.

    Alternative forms

    *wang

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (UK|US|dialect|informal|dated) A leather thong.
  • (slang) A penis.
  • Similar to 'whang'

    wing, wang, wooing, wong, whing, weeing, wayang, wowing, wawing