whang
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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
And above all, mingled with all–always, everywhere–the brattle of cornet and trombone, the whang of piano, the wail of violin, the tinkle of the noble harp, an aristocrat in base company, weeping its own downfall.
From Claim Number One by George W. (George Washington) Ogden
Bump, thump, like a lump of lead jolting, Bang, whang, like a steam engine bolting, Down it came crashing Down it came smashing, Till it stopped with a snort at his own stable door!
From Here and Now Story Book Two- to seven-year-olds by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
It regularly whangs New York's archaic divorce laws and the breach of promise racket.
From Time Magazine Archive
And the name which Queen Mary will cry as she whangs the bottle, will not be Britannia, but Victoria.
From Time Magazine Archive
A chance to catch a new nightclub star, Trini Lopez, who whangs at his guitar and sings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around here the people seem content to settle for whatever scars life whangs them with as a decoration.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
They were sewed together and patched with deerskin thongs, or whangs as they were commonly called.
From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Ben Casseday
In the melee, Charles Farrell romped by, whanged the ball between the posts for a goal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Shivering spectators applauded, the police band whanged away for all it was worth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every time a Red tank or scout car headed down the road, a well-hidden 75 whanged at it and umpires knocked it out.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sky was lost in smoke, balls of fire whanged in all directions, and the surrounding woodland was magically garnished by endless streamers of colored paper.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sharp, pointed fragment hit a hollow tooth and whanged into the nerve.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
Or an emptiness so sudden it leaves the girders whanging in the absence of wind, the sky milk-blue and astringent?
From Economist ● Jan. 25, 2018
Her strokes had so much force behind them they practically made whanging noises and would have done good work in a foundry.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 6, 2015
The night before the convention closed, Ron Paul took the stage to the whanging guitar opening of “Revolution” by the Beatles.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2014
Which is a hell of a thing to do when, as Edwards says, you have 16-year-old fast bowlers whanging down beamers at your head to try and prove a point.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 25, 2011
"What in blue blazes is the matter with Central?" growled Milo, whanging the receiver-hook up and down in vexation.
From Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story by Albert Payson Terhune
