wang

Meanings

Noun

• The cheek; the jaw.
• penis.

Verb

• To batter; to clobber; to conk.
• To throw hard.

Origin

• From Middle English wange, from Old English wange ("jaw, cheek"), from Proto-Germanic *wangô ("cheek"), from Proto-Indo-European *wenk-, *wek-. Cognate with Scots wan, wang, West Frisian wang ("cheek"), Dutch wang ("cheek"), German Wange ("cheek"), Icelandic vanga ("cheek"), Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍉 in 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃, Italian guancia ("cheek").
• Origin uncertain. Perhaps short for whangdoodle, or from whang, from thwang. See thong.