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  • verb Present participle of wang.

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Examples

  • Pardew is one of those familiar managers who believe in playing football "the right way", which invariably involves wingers wanging the ball into the penalty area in the direction of a target man.

    Newcastle United Premier League 2011-12 team guide 2011

  • At this point, I'm driving as inefficiently as possible, hammering the little car along two-lane roads, chirping the tires out of corners and wanging the engine until the fuel cutoff intercedes in nearly every gear.

    Mazda3 Really Moves the Needle (Not the Gas One) Dan Neil 2012

  • Compiled by Unruly Media and edited by Josh1 Debris plunges through car windscreenReal or fake, prepare yourself for this.2 Swiss player shows how to take a penalty Thank you, and good evening.3 How to handle deadly snakesHe's wanging them about like leather shoelaces.

    Viral Video Chart: Lucky car escape, zookeeper defies death, Google Exodus 2011

  • Camden Green Fair & Bikefest, LondonThis huge volunteer-run eco event reaches its 18th birthday, and a new Village Fete offering wellie-wanging, tug-o-war and "free-range organic egg-and-spoon races" means there's still scope for wacky fun despite its serious, adult message − that green living is for life.

    This week's new events Colette Bernhardt 2010

  • It looked like they were obsessed to make those whizzing, whirling, wanging machines give them something no one else had given them.

    Our Obsession with Violence and Money-- 2008

  • Next morning I heard earlybird Garcia (who hadn't been at the rehearsal - had a gig, you know) wanging away something familiar sounding on the peddle steel.

    Friend Of The Devil Robert Hunter 2006

  • Next morning I heard earlybird Garcia (who hadn't been at the rehearsal - had a gig, you know) wanging away something familiar sounding on the peddle steel.

    The WELL: Friend Of The Devil Robert Hunter 2006

  • Midday, and the first Optek shots began wanging off the stone around us, and the shadow of my blimp drew above.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • Next morning I heard earlybird Garcia (who hadn't been at the rehearsal - had a gig, you know) wanging away something familiar sounding on the peddle steel.

    Friend Of The Devil Robert Hunter 2006

  • Next morning I heard earlybird Garcia (who hadn't been at the rehearsal - had a gig, you know) wanging away something familiar sounding on the peddle steel.

    The Annotated "Friend of the Devil" Robert Hunter 2005

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