whang

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈwæŋ/ / [ˈwæŋ] / /ˈʍæŋ/

Etymology: From the Korean surname, spelling variant of Wang.

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

Etymology: Imitative. Compare wang.

To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
“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...”
To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
“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.”
To whack or beat.
“I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.”
“"[…] 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."”
To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.