twingle-twangle
(twɪŋg(ə)lˈtwæŋg(ə)l)
[Reduplication of twangle.]
A representation of the continuous sounds of a harp or the like. Also as v.
| 1634 Ford Perkin Warbeck iii. ii, Discord of bells pipes and tabours Hodgepodge of Scotch and Irish twingle twangles. 1791 Burns Let. to A. Alison 14 Feb., The twingle twangle of a Jew's harp. 1900 Crockett Black Douglas 327 When he had..finished cocking his viol and twingle-twangling it to his satisfaction. |