twangle
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- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈtwæŋ.ɡəl/
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/ˈtwæŋ.ɡəl/ · [ˈtʰwæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰwæŋ.ɡl̩] · /ˈtweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ (US) · [ˈtʰweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰweɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩] (US) · /ˈtwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ (US) · [ˈtʰwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰwɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩] (US)
Definition of twangle
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(ambitransitive)To twang repetitively.
“Cal. Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not : Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices, That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe, Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd I cri'de to dreame againe.”
“While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie.”
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verb
-
(ambitransitive)To twang repetitively.
“Cal. Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not : Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices, That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe, Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd I cri'de to dreame againe.”
“While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie.”
noun
- A twanging sound.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From twang + -le (frequentative suffix).
Words you can make from twangle
113 playable · top: WANGLE (10 pts)
Best play wangle 10 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
8 words4-letter words
39 words- GNAW 8 pts
- WAGE 8 pts
- ANEW 7 pts
- LAWN 7 pts
- NEWT 7 pts
- TWAE 7 pts
- WALE 7 pts
- WANE 7 pts
- WANT 7 pts
- WEAL 7 pts
- WEAN 7 pts
- WELT 7 pts
- WENT 7 pts
- WETA 7 pts
- EGAL 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GALE 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GATE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GELT 5 pts
- GENT 5 pts
- GETA 5 pts
- GLEN 5 pts
- GNAT 5 pts
- LANG 5 pts
- TANG 5 pts
- ANTE 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- ETNA 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LATE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- LENT 4 pts
- NEAT 4 pts
- TAEL 4 pts
- TALE 4 pts
- TEAL 4 pts
- TELA 4 pts
3-letter words
47 words- WAG 7 pts
- AWE 6 pts
- AWL 6 pts
- AWN 6 pts
- LAW 6 pts
- NAW 6 pts
- NEW 6 pts
- TAW 6 pts
- TEW 6 pts
- TWA 6 pts
- WAE 6 pts
- WAN 6 pts
- WAT 6 pts
- WEN 6 pts
- WET 6 pts
- AGE 4 pts
- ENG 4 pts
- GAE 4 pts
- GAL 4 pts
- GAN 4 pts
- GAT 4 pts
- GEL 4 pts
- GEN 4 pts
- GET 4 pts
- LAG 4 pts
- LEG 4 pts
- NAG 4 pts
- NEG 4 pts
- TAG 4 pts
- TEG 4 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ALT 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- ATE 3 pts
- EAT 3 pts
- ETA 3 pts
- LAT 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NET 3 pts
- TAE 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TEA 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
2-letter words
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3 extensions · 3 back
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