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whang¹

  • /ˈwæŋ/
  • [ˈwæŋ]
  • /ˈʍæŋ/
  • [ˈʍæŋ] ~ [ˈw̥æŋ]
  • /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/
  • [ˈweɪ̯ŋ]
  • /ˈwɛ̃ŋ/
  • [ˈwɛŋ]
  • /ˈʍeɪ̯ŋ/
  • [ˈʍeɪ̯ŋ] ~ [ˈw̥eɪ̯ŋ]
  • /ˈʍɛ̃ŋ/
  • [ˈʍɛŋ] ~ [ˈw̥ɛŋ]

Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

Imitative. Compare wang.

verb whangs · whanging · whanged

  1. of an object To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air. The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him...
  2. informal, transitive To throw with a rapid slamming motion. 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.

    Similar: fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk, cook, dash, dump, feck, jerk, heave

  3. Scotland, UK, US, dialectal, slang To whack or beat. I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.
  4. Scotland To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.

noun whangs

  1. colloquial, dialectal A blow; a whack. "Now I suppose you never take any particular notice of cats, 'Orace?" "Can't say as I do. Except now and then to have a whang at one."
  2. Scotland, UK, colloquial, dialectal A large piece or slice; a chunk.
  3. US, dated, dialectal A house-cleaning party.

whang²

  • /ˈwæŋ/
  • [ˈwæŋ]
  • /ˈʍæŋ/
  • [ˈʍæŋ] ~ [ˈw̥æŋ]
  • /ˈweɪ̯ŋ/
  • [ˈweɪ̯ŋ]
  • /ˈwɛ̃ŋ/
  • [ˈwɛŋ]
  • /ˈʍeɪ̯ŋ/
  • [ˈʍeɪ̯ŋ] ~ [ˈw̥eɪ̯ŋ]
  • /ˈʍɛ̃ŋ/
  • [ˈʍɛŋ] ~ [ˈw̥ɛŋ]

Rhymes with -æŋ

Where it comes from

Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

noun whangs · wang

  1. UK, US, dated, dialectal, informal A leather thong.
  2. slang The penis.

Whang³

Where it comes from

From Chinese 黃 /黄 (huáng) (also Mandarin 黃 /黄 (huáng), Chinese 王 (wáng), Korean 황 (hwang), or Korean 왕 (wang)

proper noun Whangs

  1. A surname.

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@misc{whang_2026,
  title = {whang},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/whang},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}