See whang on Wiktionary
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"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "sco",
"3": "thwang"
},
"expansion": "Scots thwang",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Debuccalized (/θw/ > /hw/) from Scots thwang, cognate to thong.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "whangs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "whang (plural whangs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "whangee"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"British English",
"English dated terms",
"English dialectal terms",
"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A leather thong."
],
"links": [
[
"leather",
"leather"
],
[
"thong",
"thong"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong."
],
"tags": [
"UK",
"US",
"dated",
"dialectal",
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"The penis."
],
"links": [
[
"penis",
"penis"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) The penis."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-whang.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/En-au-whang.ogg/En-au-whang.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/En-au-whang.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wang"
}
],
"word": "whang"
}
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