ˈtwangling, ppl. a.
[f. twangle v. + -ing2.]
That twangles.
| 1576 Fleming Panopl. Epist. 239 A tuneable sounde vpon twangling stringes. 1596 Shakes. Tam. Shr. ii. i. 159 While she did call me Rascall, Fidler, And twangling Iacke. 1610 ― Temp. iii. ii. 146 Sometimes a thousand twangling Instruments Will hum about mine eares. 1831 Scott Cast. Dang. viii, Far less has it [my life] allowed me leisure for such twangling follies. 1831 ― Ct. Rob. iii, Some one..who could contribute to his pleasure, instead of a twangling, squalling infant. 1867 Athenæum No. 2062. 587/2 Little twangling musical-box. |