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twang

noun
  1. exaggerated nasality in speech, found in some regional dialects
    “My cousin from the country has a twang.”
    nasal twang
  2. a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
verb
  1. pronounce with a nasal twang
  2. pluck, usually strings of an instrument
    “The fiddler twanged the bow.”
  3. twitch or throb with pain
  4. sound with a twang
    “the bowstring was twanging”
  5. to cause a strong ringing sound
    “I twanged the guitar string.”