Meaning

3 senses

  1. (dated, slang)To crash an aeroplane.

    crash

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal, intransitive)To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, informal, transitive)To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

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.

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

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Forms

prangs, pranging, pranged, pranged
Base formprang · to prang
3rd person singularprangs
Present participlepranging
Past simplepranged
Past participlepranged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprang
he, she, itprangs

Past simpleLesson

all personspranged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pranged
he, she, ithas pranged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill prang

Word family

2 related words
Derivedprangedprang out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
praiseworthyprampranceB2prankpranksterprasad
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