Meaning

4 senses
  1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.

    a pitchfork with four prongs

    a comb with prongs

    Zinke, Zacke, Zacken

    шпенёкšpenjók, зубе́цzubéc, отро́гotróg

  2. (figuratively, sometimes)A branch; a fork.

    the two prongs of a river

    the second prong of the argument

    Zweig, Arm

    ветвьvetvʹ

  3. (Cornwall)A fork (agricultural tool).

  4. (colloquial)The penis.

More definitions
  • a pointed projection

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Ziri's dog has a prong collar.

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  2. Ziri's dog wears a prong collar.

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  3. Why do people use prong collars?

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  4. Ziri does not like prong collars.

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  5. Are prong collars dangerous for dogs?

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
thin, pointed, projecting part:
branch:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
thin, pointed, projecting part:
branch:

Origin

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining dev

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”).

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