PRANG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prang mean? 

• PRANG (noun)
  The noun PRANG has 1 sense:

1. a crash involving a car or plane

  Familiarity information: PRANG used as a noun is very rare.

• PRANG (verb)
  The verb PRANG has 1 sense:

1. crash

  Familiarity information: PRANG used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRANG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crash involving a car or plane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("prang" is a kind of...):

crash; wreck (a serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles))

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

• PRANG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crash

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "prang" is one way to...):

crash (cause to crash)

Domain category:

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something