prang out
prang out verb: to worry, panic; to suffer an anxiety attack.
Verb
prang out (third-person singular simple present prangs out, present participle pranging out, simple past and past participle pranged out)
- To worry, panic; to suffer an anxiety attack.
- All right, look, don't prang out. They had this paint-party-brunch thing. But I only stayed for 45 minutes, painted a tiny bit of a door, ate half an almond croissant and bounced.2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia, directed by Raine Allen-Miller, Rye Lane, spoken by Nathan (Simon Manyonda)
- To have a bad experience on drugs; to have a freakout.
- Anyone who has heard Mr. Skinner's recent album, "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living" (Vice), will be surprised (and possibly relieved) that he seems to have stopped "pranging out" on cocaine. With precise but conversationally rendered detail, this British M.C. bemoans the downside of stardom...2006 June 29, Sia Michel, “Mike Skinner Gives His Vocal Cords an Endurance Test”, in The New York Times
Forms of prang out
| third-person singular present | prangs out |
|---|---|
| present participle | pranging out |
| past participle | pranged out |
| past | pranged out |
Origin of prang out
Compare pranged (“paranoid”), prang (“crack cocaine”).
Questions about prang out
- What does prang out mean?
- Prang out means to worry, panic; to suffer an anxiety attack.
- What part of speech is prang out?
- Prang out is a verb.
- What is the past tense of prang out?
- The past tense of prang out is pranged out.
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