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English word origin

Etymology of wang

Onomatopoeic.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

Alternative spelling of whang.

verb

To batter; to clobber; to conk. · To throw hard.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Onomatopoeic.

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Source etymology 2

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noun

Penis.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle (“gadget, doodad”), or from whang, a dialectal form of thong (“strip of leather”). Compare wong.

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