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語源 1

Imitative. Compare wang.

動詞

whang (third-person singular simple present whangs, present participle whanging, simple past and past participle whanged)

1. (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
   • 1922, E. E. Cummings, The Enormous room:

     The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him...

2. (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.

   Synonyms: fling, hurl; see also Thesaurus:throw

   • 1993, Ralph Moody, Edward Shenton (illustrator), The Fields of Home, page 31:

     I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump.

3. (US, Scotland, British, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.

   I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

     " […] My God, Joolby, I even sang 'Dreaming of Thee' at a saturnalia called a 'Penny Reading' there, simply because the young lady who whanged the piano had a job of feeding a machine in the drying-room."

4. (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.

名詞

whang (plural whangs)

1. (dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
   • 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

     "Now I suppose you never take any particular notice of cats, 'Orace?"
     "Can't say as I do. Except now and then to have a whang at one."

2. (British, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
3. (US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.

語源 2

Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

別の表記

• wang

名詞

whang (plural whangs)

1. (UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
2. (slang) The penis.

派生語

参考

アナグラム

• Hwang