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Whang sb.2. World English Historical Dictionary

Whang sb.2. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1928, rev. 2024. Whang sb.2 Chiefly dial. [Echoic. Cf. WHANG v.2] A resounding blow or stroke, or the sound of such a blow; a bang.

1 1824.  Mactaggart, Gallovid. Encycl., Whang … a blow, or rather a lash with a whip.

2 1868.  Kinglake, Crimea, IV. v. 279. The ‘whang’ of the round-shot.

3 1889.  ‘Q’ (Quilier-Couch), Splendid Spur, ix. 130. But soon the whang—whang! of the hammer below rous’d me.

4 1891.  J. A. Beebe, in Century Mag., Dec., 246/1. By letting go and cutting, our gear came down with a whang as the ship forged ahead.

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