Meaning

5 senses

  1. (colloquial, dialectal)A blow; a whack.

  2. (Scotland, UK, colloquial, dialectal)A large piece or slice; a chunk.

  3. (US, dated, dialectal)A house-cleaning party.

  4. (UK, US, dated, dialectal, informal)A leather thong.

  5. (slang)The penis.

More definitions
  • the act of hitting vigorously

Origin

Imitative. Compare wang. Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

Imitative. Compare wang.

Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.

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Forms

plural: whangs
Singularwhang
Pluralwhangs

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relatedwhangee
Derivedwelly whangingwhangdoodlewhang leather

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
whaleB1whalingwharfwhatA1
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