Whang vs Chang - What's the difference?
whang | chang |
(chiefly, of an object) To make a noise such as something moving quickly through the air.
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(informal) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
* 1993 , (illustrator), The Fields of Home , page 31:
(US, slang) To whack or beat.
As a verb whang
is (chiefly|of an object) to make a noise such as something moving quickly through the air.As a noun whang
is (uk|us|dialect|informal|dated) a leather thong.As a proper noun chang is
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English
Etymology 1
Imitative.Verb
(en verb)- 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.
- I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.
