different between wrang vs whang

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?
• Homophone: rang

Verb

wrang

1. (dialect) simple past tense of wring
   • 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:

     "Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn't think-a lettin' us young'uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber's what she called it... And by God! Us young'uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang."

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wranc, from Old Dutch *wrang, from Proto-Germanic *wrangaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vr??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

wrang (comparative wranger, superlative wrangst)

1. astringent (mouthfeel), tart

Inflection

Derived terms

• wrangheid

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vrank

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

wrang

1. first/third-person singular preterite of wringen

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from an earlier form *wrangr of Old Norse rangr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wr?n?/, [wr???]

Noun

wrang n

1. wrong, injustice

Adjective

wrang

1. rough, uneven

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: wrong
  • English: wrong
  • Northumbrian: wrang
  • Scots: wrang

Scots

Adjective

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.

Adverb

wrang (comparative mair wrang, superlative maist wrang)

1. Wrong.

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