twangs
Bowstring release sounds
Twangs is the plural noun and third-person singular verb form of twang.
A twang is a sharp, vibrating sound like that of a plucked string on a guitar or banjo, or a nasal quality in someone's speech often associated with regional accents: She spoke with a Southern twang.
To twang is to make such a sound or to pluck something that produces it: He twangs the bowstring nervously.
Spirit or yank
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- strumBrush strings rhythmically
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
resonate · ping · jangle · reverberate · stringed · acoustic · harmonic · bowstring
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
- southernToward the sunbelt
- dialectRegional language variety
- nasalOf the nose
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · inflection · vernacular · regionalism · pronunciation · speech · brogue · patois
pluck
Spirit or yank
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- guitarFretted stringed instrument
- strumBrush strings rhythmically
vibration · resonate · ping · jangle · reverberate · stringed · acoustic · harmonic · bowstring · sitar
drawl
Unhurried, elongated speech pattern
intonation · cadence · inflection · vernacular · regionalism · pronunciation · speech · brogue · patois · country
twangspurrs
Vibrates with contentment
lilts · intones · drawls · enunciates · articulates
- country twangRural American vocal quality
- Texas twangSouthwestern American accent
- regional twangLocalized speech inflection
- nasal twangResonance through nose