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   Prang

   /praNG/

   

   verb

   • 1. crash (a motor vehicle or aircraft): "Ernie pranged his sports car last month"
   • ▪ bomb (a target) successfully from the air.

   noun

   • 1. a crash involving a motor vehicle or aircraft: "he had numerous prangs and near misses in his motoring life"
   • ▪ a bombing raid: "tell him about your wizard prangs in the war"

   Word Origin 1940s: imitative.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does Prang mean in slang?

   • ( dated, military slang) A bombing raid. (chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties. The typical prang cost a few hundred dollars in panelbeating charges. If people drove like that in Australia there would be constant prangs.

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   What is in a prang?

   • Each prang contains a cella, possibly a podium for lingam and crypt. The ruins are in good condition, especially the roof structure of the main prang. It comprises the main prang, a library, wall and entrance pavilions, and a pond outside of the wall.

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   What is the meaning of the word 'Praning'?

   • PRANING. The Tagalog word praníng is slang and cannot be found in a standard Filipino dictionary. It is thought to have originated in descriptions of people who hallucinate under the influence of drugs.

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   What does a prang symbolize?

   • Along with the prangs which symbolize that the area is a sacred area. The corners are surrounded by four smaller satellite "prang". These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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   PRANG definition: 1. to damage a vehicle slightly in a road accident: 2. a road accident in which the vehicles…. Learn more.

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   6 days ago · 1. to cause (an aircraft, vehicle, etc.) to crash. 2. to collide with. 3. to bomb heavily. noun British, Slang. 4. a collision. 5. a bombing raid. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

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   6 days ago · Definitions of prang. verb. crash. see more. noun. a crash involving a car or plane. see more.

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   Definitions of 'prang' mainly British and Australian slang. 1. an accident or crash in an aircraft, car, etc. [...] 2. an aircraft bombing raid. [...] 3. an achievement. [...] 4. to crash or damage (an aircraft, car, etc) [...] 5. to damage (a town, etc) by bombing. [...] More. Image. © Robert Crum, Shutterstock. Conjugations of 'prang'

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   Etymology 1

   Originally World War II Royal Air Forceslang; probably imitative.

   Etymology 2

   Borrowed from Khmer ប្រាង្គ (praang).

   Anagrams

   1. pgRNA, pgrna

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   Pronunciation

   1. IPA(key): /praŋ/

   Noun

   prang 1. war

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   Verb

   prang 1. imperative singular of prangen 2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of prangen

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   Alternative forms

   1. perang

   Pronunciation

   1. IPA(key): /pəraŋ/, /praŋ/ 2. Rhymes: -əraŋ, -raŋ, -aŋ

   Noun

   prang 1. Misspelling of perang.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of PRANG. [+ object] British, informal. : to damage (a vehicle) in an accident. She pranged her car. — prang. noun, plural prangs [count] a minor prang [= accident] in a car park. PRANG meaning: to damage (a vehicle) in an accident.

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   What does the noun prang mean? There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun prang . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.