PRANG

prang

(noun) a crash involving a car or plane

prang

(verb) crash

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Originally WWII RAF slang; origin unknown.

Noun

prang (countable and uncountable, plural prangs)

(slang, dated) An aeroplane crash.

(dated, military slang) A bombing raid.

(chiefly, Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.

(US, slang, uncountable) Crack cocaine.

Synonyms

• (minor accident involving a motor vehicle): bingle (Australia), collision, crash, fender-bender (US)

Verb

prang (third-person singular simple present prangs, present participle pranging, simple past and past participle pranged)

(slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane.

(intransitive, chiefly, Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

(transitive, chiefly, Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

Etymology 2

From Khmer.

Noun

prang (plural prangs)

(architecture) A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Thailand and Cambodia.

Anagrams

• pgRNA, pgrna

Source: Wiktionary



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