informal <非正式>
no obj., with adverbial
1- make or produce a resonant noise（使）咚咚作响：
the cheerleader whanged on a tambourine.
拉拉队队长把小手鼓敲得咚咚响。
1.1
- no obj. drive at speed飞快驾驶：
we whanged round the bend.
我们驾车飞快地绕过拐弯处。
1.2
- with obj. strike or throw heavily and loudly砰然重击, 重重地扔：
he whanged down the receiver.
他砰然挂上电话。
- a noisy blow嘭嘭声; 咚咚声：
he gave a whang with his hammer.
他用锤子嘭的砸了一下。
词源
late 17th cent. （in the sense 'strike as if with a thong'）： variant of THONG; senses describing noise are imitative.