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prang

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈpɹæŋ/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈphɹwæŋ] without æ-raising
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/
  • Canada, US: [ˈphɹweɪ̯ŋ]
  • Canada, US: /ˈpɹɛ̃ŋ/
  • Canada, US: [ˈphɹwɛ̃ŋ]
  • rhymes with -æŋ

1

noun

Meaning 1

An aeroplane crash.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, slang, uncountable

Examples

  • 2011, Bill Marsh, Great South Australia Stories, HarperCollins Publishers, Australia, unnumbered page, I remember when a call came through that a crop sprayer had had a plane prang down at Naracoorte, in the south-east of South Australia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A bombing raid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, slang, uncountable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bingle, collision, crash, fender-bender

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Crack cocaine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To crash an aeroplane.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, informal, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a crash involving a car or plane

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crash, wreck

10

verb

Meaning 10

crash

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crash

History

Etymology

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

Borrowed from Khmer ប្រាង្គ (praang).