twangle — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To twang repetitively.

   Usage

   • Transitive or intransitive

   Examples

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   Cal. Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not : Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices, That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe, Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd I cri'de to dreame againe.

   While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie.

Noun

1. A twanging sound.

   Synonyms

   twangtwangingtwangling