Wang

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wæŋ/
• also IPA: /weɪŋ/

From Middle English wange, from Old English wange ("jaw, cheek"), from Proto-Germanic *wangô ("cheek"), from Proto-Indo-European *wenǵ- ("neck, cheek"). Cognate with Scots wan, wang ("cheek"), West Frisian wang ("cheek"), Dutch wang ("cheek"), German Wange ("cheek"), Icelandic vanga ("cheek"), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰- (wagga-) in 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (waggareis, "pillow, cushion").

Full definition of wang

Noun

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Cheek; the jaw.

Derived terms

• wangtooth

(onomatopoeia)

Noun

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound made when a hollow metal object is struck a glancing blow.
2. A slap; a blow.

Verb

1. To batter; to clobber; to conk.
2. To throw hard.
• 1993, Tom McNally, The Complete Book of Fly Fishing Chapter Panfish on Flies and Bugs, Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.
• 1998, Barry Hines, Football Stories Chapter The Football Match, He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.
• 2009, Mark Millhone, The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances: A Memoir Chapter Saltville, After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wæŋ/, /wÉ’Å‹/
• also IPA: /weɪŋ/

Origin uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle ("gadget, doodad"), or from whang ("stour, thick slice", also "thong"), from thwang ("thong"). See thong.

Alternative forms

• whang

Noun

1. (colloquial) Penis.

Anagrams

• gnaw
• Ngwa