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twangles

twangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twangle.

Meaning of twangle

Verb

twangle (third-person singular simple present twangles, present participle twangling, simple past and past participle twangled)

  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...1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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What is twangles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Twangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of twangle.

Words near twangles in the dictionary

  1. twangings
  2. twangle
  3. twangled
  4. twangler
  5. twanglers
  6. twangles
  7. twangling
  8. twanglings
  9. twangs
  10. twangster
  11. twangsters

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