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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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