Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The sharp, quick sound of a vibrating tight string, for example, of a bow or a musical instrument. · A particular sharp vibrating sound characteristic of electric guitars. · A trace of a regional or foreign accent in someone's voice. · The sound quality that appears in the human voice when the epilaryngeal tube is narrowed.
To produce or cause to produce a sharp vibrating sound, like a tense string pulled and suddenly let go. · To have a nasal sound. · To have a trace of a regional or foreign accent. · To play a stringed musical instrument by plucking and snapping.
Onomatopoeic. Compare Middle English twengen (“to pinch, tweak”) (whence modern English twinge), from Old English twenġan (“to pinch, twinge”); Middle English twingen (“to afflict, torment, oppress”), from Old Norse þvinga (“to weigh down, oppress”); Old English twingan (“to force, press”).
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