twangle

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/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

  1. (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

  1. (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

  1. A twanging sound.

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Etymology

From twang + -le (frequentative suffix).

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