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prong

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/pɹɒŋ/(UK)
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/pɹɒŋ/(UK) · /pɹɔŋ/ · /pɹɑŋ/

Definition of prong

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
    “a pitchfork with four prongs”
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noun

  1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
    “a pitchfork with four prongs”
  2. (figuratively, sometimes)A branch; a fork.
    “the two prongs of a river”
    “the second prong of the argument”
  3. (Cornwall)A fork (agricultural tool).
    “[…] a tradition is recorded that a man called 'Ralph' resided in this cavern for many years, and, with a prong as his weapon, successively kept the bailiffs at bay.”
  4. (colloquial)The penis.
    “One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard!”
    “2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit. Hang on... That looks like... No, it can't be. Is that my wang!? Micky Paintbrush, have you painted my papal prong on that nudy man!?”

verb

  1. To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.
    “He uncovered the fragrant eggs and b., and I pronged a moody forkful.”

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Etymology

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to…

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From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Old Saxon *prangan, from Proto-West Germanic *prangan, from Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”). Akin to Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink.

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