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twang

noun as in nasal sound

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Shaped similarly to an acoustic guitar, the bajo quinto is slightly larger, has a pointed edge and can be identified by its deep, intimidating twang.

She moves seamlessly between her lower and upper registers, belting the high notes with a slight country twang, but equally capable of dropping to a hushed, heartbroken whisper.

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With a "best of British with a French twang" soundtrack featuring Queen, the Beatles and the national anthems of Britain and France, she bettered that score in Sunday's medal performance.

From BBC

They exchanged a long embrace before the hall filled with the country twang of Merle Haggard’s “America First.”

There, he lost his Texas twang and learned to speak in the posh mid-Atlantic manner.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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