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   whang

   /waŋ/

   verb

   • 1. make or produce a loud noise: "the cheerleader whanged on a tambourine"
   • ▪ strike or throw heavily and loudly: "he whanged down the receiver"
   • ▪ drive at speed: "we whanged round the bend"

   noun

   • 1. a noisy blow: "he gave a whang with his hammer"
   • 2. variant form of whanger

   Word Origin late 17th century (in the sense ‘strike as if with a thong’): variant of thong; senses describing noise are imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • W

     4

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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