Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kerrang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: ker-rang
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

The sound of a power chord on an electric guitar.

verb

To play a power chord on an electric guitar.

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"One of the best moments came during the flashpot blasts in "Closer to the Heart," when the whole crowd came alight, sixteen thousand faces hanging open as Alex, in his fringed monk's robe, kerranged a D-major chord[…]"
"Meanwhile, with Brain Stew, Green Day do some serious kerranging on their electric guitars, which they have mixed in with Godzilla vocals (!), to provide a tune of migraine-inducing proportions."
"[…] he stretched his cordless guitar's reach to the limit (and possibly into the realm of apocrypha) by leaving the building mid-solo, taking a cab to a local radio station, and kerranging all the way up to its fiftieth-floor studio."

Etymology

Imitative; see ker-.

Usage

Inflected Forms

kerrangs (present, singular) kerranging (participle, present) kerranged (participle, past) kerranged (past)

Questions

What does kerrang mean?: The sound of a power chord on an electric guitar.
Where does kerrang come from?: Imitative; see ker-.

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