wang

W4A1N1G2
/ˈwæŋ//ˈweɪ̯ŋ//ˈwɛ̃ŋ//wæŋ/

verb

To batter; to clobber; to conk.

CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

wang1

nounwang (plural wangs)

plural wangs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of whang.
verbwang (third-person singular simple present wangs, present participle wanging, simple past and past participle wanged)

present singular third person wangs · participle present wanging · participle past wanged · past wanged

  1. transitiveTo batter; to clobber; to conk.
  2. transitiveTo throw hard.

    Ask, too, the guy in the bass boat wanging out a spinner-bait at Bull Shoals in Arkansas.

    1993, Tom McNally, “Panfish on Flies and Bugs”, in The Complete Book of Fly Fishing, 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Professional, published 1997, →ISBN, page 283
    2 more examples

    He wanged them across the room, and Billy caught them flying over his head, then held them up for inspection as though he was contemplating buying.

    1998, Barry Hines, “The Football Match”, in James Riordan, editor, Football Stories, Oxford University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 36

    After Sam filled in my big block letters with the glitter, he unleashed his inner Jackson Pollock, wanging artful paint splatters everywhere.

    2009, Mark Millhone, “Saltville”, in The Patron Saint of Used Cars and Second Chances: A Memoir, Rodale, →ISBN, page 132

wang2

nounwang (plural wangs)

plural wangs · alternative whang

  1. colloquialPenis.

    Montana was naked, and so was Billy, of course. He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who’ll get one.

    1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, pages 168–169

    Synonyms: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga

Wang3

proper nounWang (plural Wangs)

plural Wangs

  1. A surname from Chinese.
  2. A surname from Korean [in turn from Chinese].

Wang4

proper nounWang (plural Wangs)

plural Wangs

  1. A surname from Danish, variant of Vang.

Wang5

proper noun
  1. A Meitei surname from Manipuri, variant of Wangjam, Wangkheimayum, Wangkheimayum, and Wangmayum.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

wang · noun, verb

Onomatopoeic.

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wang · noun

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

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Wang · proper noun

From various romanizations of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 王 (Wáng) or 汪 (Wāng). Doublet of Wong, Heng, Ong, and Vuong. As a Korean surname, from 왕 (wang), from the above.

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Wang · proper noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*wangaz“field, meadow”
  2. EnglishWang

As a Danish surname, from Vang. As a German and Dutch surname, from wang (“cheek”) and obsolete derivatives of Proto-Germanic *wangaz (“field, meadow”). As a Jewish surname, from the German sense, and also a nickname for someone from Hungary (compare Russian Венгрия (Vengrija)). As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Vang.

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Wang · proper noun

  1. mniꯋꯥꯡ
  2. mniꯋꯥꯡ
  3. EnglishWang

Borrowed from Manipuri ꯋꯥꯡ (wāng).

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Translations

Chinese 殴打
  • 殴打 (ōudǎ)To batter; to clobber; to conk
Chinese Cantonese 王
  • 王 (wong⁴)Chinese surname
Chinese Mandarin 王
  • 王 (Wáng)Chinese surname
Japanese 王, ワン
  • 王 (Ō)Chinese surname
  • ワンChinese surname
Korean 왕
  • 왕 (Wang)Chinese surname
Russian ударя́ть, бить
  • ударя́ть (udarjátʹ)To batter; to clobber; to conk
  • бить (bitʹ)To batter; to clobber; to conk
  • швырять (švyrjatʹ)To throw hard
  • ВанChinese surname
Vietnamese Vương
  • VươngChinese surname

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with wang

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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

wang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wang

MLA

“wang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wang. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wang,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wang.

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