prang
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(prăng) 
tr.v. Chiefly British, pranged, prang·ing, prangs.
tr.v. Chiefly British, pranged, prang·ing, prangs.
- To crash (an airplane, for example).
- To damage by colliding with (a car, for example).
- To bomb from the air.
[Imitative.]
In Thai architecture of the 13th to 18th cent. A.D., a sanctuary consisting of a tower-like main temple with a porch structure.
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a: To crash(-land) (an aircraft); to damage (part of a plane) during a crash-landing. (1941 —) .
N. Shute After so many operations it was an acute personal grief to him that he had pranged his Wimpey (1944).
b: To bomb (a target) successfully from the air. (1942 —) .
c: To crash (a road vehicle, etc.); to collide with. (1952 —) .
A. Mann Most of them don't drive....If they prang a car, there's always plenty of witnesses to say it's the priest's fault (1973).
2:intr. To crash(-land) an aircraft. (1943 —) .
3:trans. To break, to smash into; to damage, injure. (1942 —) .
New Yorker There was a new tear, with a smeary stain, in one knee of his trousers. 'Pranged my leg,' Burgess said (1995).noun
4: A crash-landing; an accident or 'smash-up'. (1942 —) .
J. Le Fanu My problem may be due to damage...following a slight prang in the car (2001).
5: A bombing-raid; often in phr. wizard prang (often used as a general expression of enthusiastic approval). (1943 —) .
[Of uncertain origin; perh. from the sound of a crash.]
verb
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a: To crash(-land) (an aircraft); to damage (part of a plane) during a crash-landing. (1941 —) .
N. Shute After so many operations it was an acute personal grief to him that he had pranged his Wimpey (1944).
b: To bomb (a target) successfully from the air. (1942 —) .
c: To crash (a road vehicle, etc.); to collide with. (1952 —) .
A. Mann Most of them don't drive....If they prang a car, there's always plenty of witnesses to say it's the priest's fault (1973).
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3:
New Yorker There was a new tear, with a smeary stain, in one knee of his trousers. 'Pranged my leg,' Burgess said (1995).
4: A crash-landing; an accident or 'smash-up'. (1942 —) .
J. Le Fanu My problem may be due to damage...following a slight prang in the car (2001).
5: A bombing-raid; often in phr. wizard prang (often used as a general expression of enthusiastic approval). (1943 —) .
[Of uncertain origin; perh. from the sound of a crash.]
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Prang may refer to:
- (slang): an airplane crash
- Ernie Prang (Harry Potter), a character in the Harry Potter stories
- Prang, an art supply brand of Dixon Ticonderoga
- Prang (architecture), a type of South-East Asian temple spire
- Pranger, a type of German public humiliation device
- Prang, Australian and New Zealand slang for a minor traffic accident
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