Meaning

5 senses

  1. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)An aeroplane crash.

    a crash involving a car or plane

  2. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable)A bombing raid.

  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable)An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.

  4. (US, slang, uncountable)Crack cocaine.

  5. A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Would the person who pranged into the back of my car please own up?

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Origin

Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative. Borrowed from Khmer ប្

Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative.

Borrowed from Khmer ប្រាង្គ (praang).

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Forms

plural: prangs
Singularprang
Pluralprangs

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
crashB1collisionbinglefender-bendershunt

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
praiseworthyprampranceB2prankpranksterprasad
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