different between leather vs whang

English

Etymology

From Middle English lether, from Old English leþer (“leather”), from Proto-Germanic *leþr? (“leather”), borrowing from Proto-Celtic *?litro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?tro-. Cognate with West Frisian leare (“leather”), Low German Leder (“leather”), Dutch leder, leer (“leather”), German Leder (“leather”), Danish læder (“leather”), Swedish läder (“leather”), Icelandic leður (“leather”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?ð?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?ð?/
• Rhymes: -?ð?(?)

Noun

leather (countable and uncountable, plural leathers)

1. A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing.
2. A piece of the above used for polishing.
3. (colloquial) A cricket ball or football.
4. (plural: leathers) clothing made from the skin of animals, often worn by motorcycle riders.
5. (baseball) A good defensive play

   Jones showed good leather to snare that liner.

6. (boxing) A punch.
7. (dated, humorous) The skin.

Hyponyms

(types of leather): chagrin, cordovan, cordwain, galuchat, maroquin, morocco, morocco leather, shagreen, sharkskin, taw

Translations

Adjective

leather (not comparable)

1. Made of leather.
2. Referring to one who wears leather clothing (motorcycle jacket, chaps over 501 jeans, boots), especially as a sign of sadomasochistic homosexuality.

Translations

Verb

leather (third-person singular simple present leathers, present participle leathering, simple past and past participle leathered)

1. (transitive) To cover with leather.
2. (transitive) To strike forcefully.

   He leathered the ball all the way down the street.

3. (transitive) To beat with a leather belt or strap.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Tar Heel, Tarheel, haltere, lethera

English

Etymology 1

Imitative. Compare wang.

Verb

whang (third-person singular simple present whangs, present participle whanging, simple past and past participle whanged)

1. (chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
2. (informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
   • 1993, Ralph Moody, Edward Shenton (illustrator), The Fields of Home, page 31:

     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. (US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.

   I ought to have whanged him one in the eye.

4. (Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.

Noun

whang (plural whangs)

1. (dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
2. (Britain, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
3. (US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• wang

Pronunciation

Noun

whang (plural whangs)

1. (Britain, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
2. (slang) A penis.

See also

• whangee

Anagrams

• Hwang