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twank

/ˈtwæŋk/US/ˈtweɪ̯ŋk/

twank verb: to emit a sharp twanging sound.

Verb

twank (third-person singular simple present twanks, present participle twanking, simple past and past participle twanked)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To emit a sharp twanging sound.
  2. (dated, transitive) To cause to make a sharp twanging sound.
    • London has the privilege of disturbing a whole street for an hour together, with the twanking of a brass kettle or frying-pan.1711 December 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, December 18, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 251; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a...

Noun

twank (plural twanks)

  1. A sharp, twanging sound.
    • a twank of the lock behind you1847, William Howitt, Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets

twank meaning in Bengali

twank in Bengali

একটি তীক্ষ্ণ, ঝনঝন শব্দ

Forms of twank

Verb
third-person singular presenttwanks
present participletwanking
past participletwanked
pasttwanked
Noun
pluraltwanks

Origin of twank

Imitative. Compare English twang, twangle.

Words that rhyme with twank

34 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about twank

What does twank mean?
Twank means to emit a sharp twanging sound.
What is twank in Bengali?
Twank in Bengali is একটি তীক্ষ্ণ, ঝনঝন শব্দ. See Twank meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is twank?
Twank can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce twank?
Twank is pronounced /ˈtwæŋk/.
What is the past tense of twank?
The past tense of twank is twanked.

Words near twank in the dictionary

  1. twanglings
  2. twangs
  3. twangster
  4. twangsters
  5. twangy
  6. twank
  7. twankay
  8. twankays
  9. twanked
  10. Twankey
  11. Twankeys

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: twank (page history and authors); twank (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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