Definitions

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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Or an emptiness so sudden it leaves the girders whanging in the absence of wind, the sky milk-blue and astringent?

From Economist

I will eat it the second day, but never, ever the third, and certainly not if it has anything resembling a whang.

From Time

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

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

From Washington Post

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