whang-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: beat with force

Examples:
I lifted high the shovel and whanged it down on Harvey's head
You whanged your prop and had to paddle out and wait for the tide.
The tower's bells whang away every half hour like it's Christmas.
Boyer had his lanky boss whang at them harmlessly with an ax.
They found one willing to whang a bee on the head and whack it in the rear.

Mappings:
VerbNet: hit-18.1-1
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: whang.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: propel with force

Examples:
He had yet to master the way the natives whanged it.
I remember the way the wind whanged it around.
A bullet whanged by his head so close he felt the wind.
The door whanged open and a very strange man stumbled out into the lobby.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: whang.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: pursue forcefully

Examples:
They continue to whang away at the school reform plan.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: whang.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3