whang

[hwang, wang] / ʰwæŋ, wæŋ /

VERB

hit

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bat batter beat belt blast kick knock knock out nail pop punch slap smack whack

STRONG

KO bang bash blitz box brain buffet bump clap clip clobber clout club crack cudgel cuff dab ding flail flax flog hammer hook jab lace lambaste larrup lather lob pellet pelt percuss pound rap sock stone swat tap thrash thump thwack trash uppercut wallop

WEAK

give a black eye knock around let fly let have it ride roughshod

Example Sentences

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Phil Mickelson slid down a hill on his butt like he was riding a saucer, and John Daly decided to whang a club into Lake Michigan in mid-tantrum.

From Washington Post • Aug. 14, 2015

Along Broadway and Commerce streets the whine and whang of steel-string guitars floated through doorways.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2014

Here is an old-time bard trying manfully to "whang 'is bloomin' lyre" to the rhythms of his youth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Toward the end, a solo piper�spotlighted on a platform as though he were walking a battlement�softly plays Lights Out, and with a final scream of pipes and whang of drums the Watch marches out.

From Time Magazine Archive

Go swiftly and bring back every true lad that can whang bow, or gar sword-iron whistle.

From The Black Douglas by Richards, Frank

whang

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