Chiefly dial. [Echoic. Cf. WHANG v.2] A resounding blow or stroke, or the sound of such a blow; a bang.

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1824.  Mactaggart, Gallovid. Encycl., Whang … a blow, or rather a lash with a whip.

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1868.  Kinglake, Crimea, IV. v. 279. The ‘whang’ of the round-shot.

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1889.  ‘Q’ (Quilier-Couch), Splendid Spur, ix. 130. But soon the whang—whang! of the hammer below rous’d me.

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1891.  J. A. Beebe, in Century Mag., Dec., 246/1. By letting go and cutting, our gear came down with a whang as the ship forged ahead.

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