[
US
/ˈhwæŋ, ˈwæŋ/
]
VERB
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propel or hit with force
whang the ball - beat with force
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attack forcefully
whang away at the school reform plan
NOUN
-
the act of hitting vigorously
he gave the table a whack
How To Use whang In A Sentence
- whang away at the school reform plan
- Even those evil days of New England households, the annual house-cleaning, were robbed of some of their dismal terrors by what was known as a "whang," a gathering of a few friendly women neighbors to assist one another in that dire time, and thus speed and shorten the hours of misery. Home Life in Colonial Days
- Whangamomona also sees endurance riding, dog trialling, and the Great New Zealand Horse Trek which was held last year.
- I am lying on my back, the twilight does mistily bluish miracles through the slit over the whang-klang. The Enormous Room
- I plaited straw hats in Padok, gathered grass in Whang-hai, and in Masenpo sold myself to a rice farmer to toil bent double in the flooded paddies for less than a coolie's pay. Chapter 15
- whang the ball
- It tells the stories of Kupe's discovery of Te Whanganui a Tara (Wellington) and the sea taniwha who created Wellington Harbour, Ngake and Whataitai. NewsWire.co.nz
- From somewhere in the distance came the whang of metallic rock. BLACK EAGLES
- A plan was announced to dam the Whanganui River, an action that would submerge several cemeteries and sacred sites.
- Nonetheless, I think Mr. Whang's book is excellent.