whang
/ˈwæŋ/verb, noun
whang is a verb meaning “To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-H-A-N-G and has one syllable (whang), and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does whang mean?
verb
- 1
To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
- 2
informalTo 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.
- 3
ScotlandUKUSslangTo whack or beat.
I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.
- 4
ScotlandTo slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
noun
- 1
colloquialA blow; a whack.
- 2
ScotlandUKcolloquialA large piece or slice; a chunk.
- 3
USdatedA house-cleaning party.
- 4
UKUSdatedinformalA leather thong.
- 5
slangThe penis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce whang?
- /ˈwæŋ/
- [ˈwæŋ]
- /ˈʍæŋ/
Whang has one syllable, split whang in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-whang.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of whang
- whangs present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- whanging participle, present
- whanged participle, past
- wang
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is whang?
Whang appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 115,751st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does whang come from?
Imitative. Compare wang.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).