whang /ˈwæŋ/verb 4noun 5forms 3 verb4 •To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.The holder of the torch grunted, and (after pausing a second at B.'s bed to inspect a picture of perfect innocence) banged out through the door which whanged to behind him... — 1922 •(dialect, slang) To whack or beat.I ought to have whanged him one in the eye. •(informal) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.I don't know how long it might have gone on if Grandfather hadn't lost his temper. He swung the bridle up over his head and whanged it down across the buckskin's rump. — 1993 •(Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop. noun5 •(dialect, informal) A blow; a whack."Now I suppose you never take any particular notice of cats, 'Orace?" "Can't say as I do. Except now and then to have a whang at one." — 1934 •(slang, vulgar) The penis. •(dialect, informal) A large piece or slice; a chunk. •(informal, old-fashioned) A leather thong. •(dialect, old-fashioned) A house-cleaning party. formswhanged · whanging · whangs
