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Meaning of twangle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/ˈtwæŋ.ɡəl/

Definitions

To twang repetitively.

ambitransitive

Examples

“Cal. Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not : Sometimes a thouſand twangling Inſtruments Will hum about mine eares ; and ſometime voices, That if I then had wak'd after long ſleepe, Will make me ſleepe againe, and then in dreaming, The clouds methought would open, and ſhew riches Ready to drop vpon me, that when I wak'd I cri'de to dreame againe.”
“While the twangling violin / Struck up with Soldier-laddie.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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