twanged
Made string sound
Twanged is the past tense of twang.
To twang is to make a sharp, vibrating sound like a plucked string: He twanged the guitar string.
The sound itself is a twang—a resonant, slightly nasal quality.
A twang also describes a regional accent, especially in American Southern or country speech: She spoke with a Texas twang.
Broke with sudden force
- rubberbandStretchy loop for binding
- bowstringCord spanning weapon's curve
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- slingshotForked projectile launcher
recoil · taut · stretched · released · sprung · bungee · tension · whiplash
Pulled out forcefully
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- sitarIndian plucked lute
- zitherFlat stringed instrument, played horizontally
harpsichord · pizzicato · bluegrass · country · jangly · strummed · fretted · picked
Cord spanning weapon's curve
- arrowPointed shaft for shooting
- longbowTall wooden archery weapon
- crossbowStock-mounted bow mechanism
- archerOne who shoots arrows
released · drawn · taut · recurve · compound · hunting · quiver · fletching
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
- accentRegional speech pattern
- dialectRegional language variety
- nasalOf the nose
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
flat · spoken · voiced · pronounced · intonation · enunciated · speech · southern
snapped
Broke with sudden force
- rubberbandStretchy loop for binding
- bowstringCord spanning weapon's curve
- catapultSiege engine for launching
slingshot · recoil · taut · stretched · released · sprung · bungee · tension · whiplash · springy
plucked
Pulled out forcefully
zither · harpsichord · pizzicato · bluegrass · country · jangly · strummed · fretted · picked · fingered
bowstring
Cord spanning weapon's curve
archer · released · drawn · taut · recurve · compound · hunting · quiver · fletching · nocked
drawl
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
sharp · flat · spoken · voiced · pronounced · intonation · enunciated · speech · southern · country
reverberation
Prolonged reflected sound
- echoReflected sound wave
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- oscillationRepeated back-and-forth movement
harmonics · timbre · overtones · sustain · frequency · amplitude · acoustics · sonority · ringing · humming
- country twangRural American vocal quality
- Texas twangSouthwestern American accent
- regional twangLocalized speech inflection
- nasal twangResonance through nose