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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
twangle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈtweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- [ˈtʰweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰweɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- [ˈtʰwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰwɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- /ˈtwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- [ˈtʰwæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰwæŋ.ɡl̩] without æ-raising
- /ˈtwæŋ.ɡəl/ without æ-raising
Etymology
From twang + -le (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
-
A twanging sound.
Forms
Deriveds
twingle-twangle
Synonyms
twang · twangling · twanging
twangle en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈtweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- [ˈtʰweɪ̯ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰweɪ̯ŋ.ɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- [ˈtʰwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰwɛ̃ŋ.ɡl̩] (Canada, US)
- /ˈtwɛ̃ŋ.ɡəl/ (Canada, US)
- [ˈtʰwæŋ.ɡəl] ~ [ˈtʰwæŋ.ɡl̩] without æ-raising
- /ˈtwæŋ.ɡəl/ without æ-raising
Etymology
From twang + -le (frequentative suffix).
Meanings
-
(ambitransitive) To twang repetitively.
While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie.
1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Prologue”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC: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 clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches
Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd
I cri'de to dreame againe.
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 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 12:
Forms
Deriveds
twangler