See twang on Wiktionary
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"perfective"
],
"word": "brnknout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "drnknout"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zadrnčet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "drnčet"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"word": "zupfen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"word": "peng"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "one time only",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"translation": "one time only",
"word": "pendül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "to cause to produce this sound",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"lang_code": "hu",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"translation": "to cause to produce this sound",
"word": "penget"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"word": "zbârnâi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"word": "zumzăi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound",
"word": "vibra"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "to have a nasal sound",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "huhňat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to have a nasal sound",
"word": "honottaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "to have a nasal sound",
"word": "näseln"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "to have a nasal sound",
"word": "nazaliza"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "to have a trace of a regional or foreign accent",
"word": "korostaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "music: to play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping",
"word": "näppäillä"
}
],
"word": "twang"
}
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