twangling
twangling is the present participle and gerund of twangle.
Meaning of twangle
Verb
twangle (third-person singular simple present twangles, present participle twangling, simple past and past participle twangled)
- 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...
- Cal. Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes,
Noun
twangling (plural twanglings)
- A twang; a sound that twangles.
Forms of twangling
| plural | twanglings |
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Questions about twangling
- What does twangling mean?
- Twangling means a twang; a sound that twangles.
- What is twangling the present participle and gerund of?
- Twangling is the present participle and gerund of twangle.
- What part of speech is twangling?
- Twangling is a noun.
- What is the plural of twangling?
- The plural of twangling is twanglings.
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