twangy

[ twang-ee ]

adjective

1. having the sharp, vibrating tone of a plucked string.
2. having a nasal voice quality.

Other Words From

• twangi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of twangy¹

First recorded in 1885–90; twang + -y ¹

Example Sentences

It's a blog in search of lonesome, twangy music that sounds old even if it isn't.

From The Daily Beast

There were as many muffled and twangy notes as solidly struck strings, casual and rhythmic and one with the voice.

From The Daily Beast

Because of the nature of the app—and the teeny, twangy language it employs—Lulu unsurprisingly targets girls on college campuses.

From The Daily Beast

The show opened with a bang: twangy, spaghetti-Western music; girls in Rodarte's signature spaghetti knits.

From The Daily Beast

She has one long leg in the Top 40 charts and another in the land of twangy vowels.

From The Daily Beast

He had winded now a scent that roused him; and what is more, he remembered precisely what that twangy, acrid scent betokened.

From Project Gutenberg

I was sitting in the reading-room of the hotel one day, believing that I was alone, when a twangy voice broke in upon the silence.

From Project Gutenberg

The cook flicked on the dial knob and the twangy strains of Hawaiian guitar music came throbbing out.

From Project Gutenberg

Their officers rushed wildly to and fro, excitedly waving their swords, shouting in their twangy language above the din of battle.

From Project Gutenberg

The infantry, still looking and chattering in the twangy language of their tribe, were holding their ground.

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