Prang Pronunciation enPR: prăng , IPA: /pɹæŋ/ (also ) US enPR: prÄng , IPA: /pɹeɪŋ/ Rhymes: -æŋ
Origin Full definition of prang Noun (dated, military slang ) A bombing raid. (slang, dated ) An aeroplane crash. (chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal ) An accident involving a motor vehicle , typically minor and without casualties. 1984 , Ian Manning, Beyond walking distance: The Gains from Speed in Australian Urban Travel , %22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22prang%22|%22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NiboT8K-OIaciAeetYFZ&redir_esc=y page 105 ,The typical prang cost a few hundred dollars in panelbeating charges. 1999 , Lydia Laube, Bound for Vietnam , %22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VxzoT8LVF6SPiAfQ-tBa&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22prang%22|%22prangs%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 209 ,If people drove like that in Australia there would be constant prangs . 2009 , Bridget Griffen-Foley, Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio , %22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VxzoT8LVF6SPiAfQ-tBa&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22prang%22|%22prangs%22%20australia%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 90 ,The drive host, Mark Day, recalls the sinking feeling as he covered an accident on the Tullamarine expressway and wondered what commuters in Sydney would think about hearing all the details of the prang . (US, slang ) Crack cocaine . (architecture ) A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temple s of Thailand and Cambodia. 1995 , Joshua Eliot, Thailand and Burma Handbook 1996 , %22prangs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22prang%22|%22prangs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zxHoT4G-KsXZigeMysVZ&redir_esc=y page 216 ,The prang is surrounded by walls, which are in turn surrounded by smaller prangs and chedis, some of which are rather precariously supported. 2001 , Paul Gray, Lucy Ridout, The Rough Guide to Bangkok , %22prangs%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zxHoT4G-KsXZigeMysVZ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22prang%22|%22prangs%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 119 ,The second platform surrounds the base of the prang proper, whose closed entranceways are guarded by four statues of the Hindu god Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan. Verb (slang, dated ) To crash an aeroplane. (intransitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal ) To crash ; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle. (transitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal ) To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle). 1958 , Nation , Issues 1-33, %22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22prang%22|%22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kT3oT7X7A-fYigfE_rRa&redir_esc=y page 56 ,“Didn′t bump nobody,†I sneer. “That′s because you were careful,†says the wife. “Your forecast doesn′t say you will prang . It merely says ‘exercise care today,’ which you did.†2005 , Thomas Marshall, Our Summer in Australia And New Zealand , %22prangs%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VxzoT8LVF6SPiAfQ-tBa&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 93 ,On Friday, I picked up our camper van, upgraded to a four sleeper so Elysee and I could each find a neutral corner, which I managed to “prang ,†navigating the parking lot, within one hour of signing away my house as security. © Wiktionary
