(carpentry, Scotland, New Zealand) A horizontal timber (or steel) section used in the construction of a building.
A large metal crowbar.
egwan
gawen
gnawn
gnawn
verb
(archaic) past participle of gnaw
gnaws
gnaws
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gnaw
gowan
gowan
noun
(Northumbria) The common daisy.
(mineralogy) Decomposed granite.
grawn
hwang
ignaw
kwang
swang
swang
noun
A swamp.
verb
(African-American Vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
(archaic and dialectal) simple past tense of swing. Now largely replaced by swung.
twang
twang
noun
(music) A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars.
(phonetics) The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
(vulgar, slang) An annoying or stupid person, recalcitrant.
A sharp, disagreeable taste or flavor.
A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice.
The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument.
verb
(intransitive) To have a nasal sound.
(intransitive) To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent.
(music) To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
(transitive, intransitive) To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go.
wagon
wagon
noun
(Ireland, slang, derogatory, dated) A woman of loose morals, a promiscuous woman, a slapper; (by extension) a woman regarded as obnoxious; a bitch, a cow.
(chiefly Australia, US, slang) Short for station wagon (“type of car in which the roof extends rearward to produce an enclosed area in the position of and serving the function of the boot (trunk)”); (by extension) a sport utility vehicle (SUV); any car.
(mathematics) A kind of prefix used in de Bruijn notation.
(rail transport) A vehicle (wagon) designed to transport goods or people on railway.
(slang) Buttocks.
(slang) Short for paddy wagon (“police van for transporting prisoners”).
A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry goods (or sometimes people).
Abbreviation of toy wagon; A child's riding toy, with the same structure as a wagon (sense 1), pulled or steered by a long handle attached to the front.
Short for dinner wagon (“set of light shelves mounted on castors so that it can be pushed around a dining room and used for serving”).
verb
(intransitive, chiefly US) To travel in a wagon.
(transitive, chiefly US) To load into a wagon in preparation for transportation; to transport by means of a wagon.
wanga
wanga
noun
(voodoo) A magic spell or charm.
whang
whang
noun
(Britain, Scotland, dialect, colloquial) A large piece or slice; a chunk.
(UK, US, dialect, informal, dated) A leather thong.
(US, dialect, dated) A house-cleaning party.
(dialect, colloquial) A blow; a whack.
verb
(Scotland) To slice, especially into large pieces; to chop.
(US, Scotland, Britain, dialect, slang) To whack or beat.
(chiefly of an object) To make a noise like something moving quickly through the air.
(informal, transitive) To throw with a rapid slamming motion.
wigan
wigan
noun
A canvas-like cotton fabric, often coated with latex rubber, used to stiffen and protect the lower part of trousers, dresses, etc.
wonga
wonga
noun
(slang, Britain, chiefly London, New Zealand) Money.