[Cf. WHANG sb.2] intr. To make a loud resounding noise, as of a heavy blow or explosion, of shot flying through the air, etc.

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1875.  Kinglake, Crimea, V. vi. 426. Another of the mighty 18-pounder shot flew whanging over the heads of our soldiery.

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1912.  Masefield, Widow in Bye St., II. liv. The organ whangs, the giddy horses reel.

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  b.  The vb.-stem used adverbially: cf. BANG v. 8.

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1844.  Kinglake, Eöthen, xxi. 335. I … went falling, and falling through air till my crown came whang against the ground.

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1855.  Browning, Up at a Villa, ix. Bang-whang-whang goes the drum.

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