prong
/pɹɒŋ//pɹɔŋ/
prong noun: a thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
Noun
prong (plural prongs)
- A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
- a pitchfork with four prongs
- a comb with prongs
- A branch; a fork.
- the two prongs of a river
- the second prong of the argument
- A fork (agricultural tool).
- […] a tradition is recorded that a man called 'Ralph' resided in this cavern for many years, and, with a prong as his weapon, successively kept the bailiffs at bay.1874, Mary Elizabeth Whitcombe, Bygone days in Devonshire and Cornwall, page 104
- The penis.
- One look at that lifeguard's prong gave me a throbber like a baseball bat — not quite that big, of course, but at least that hard!1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102
- Hang on... That looks like... No, it can't be. Is that my wang!? Micky Paintbrush, have you painted my papal prong on that nudy man!?2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit.
Verb
prong (third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged)
prong meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
prong in Tamil
- கூம்பு உரு துருத்தம், கவைமுள், கவர்முள், இருகவர்க்கோல், குத்து, இடி
prong in Urdu
- دانتا, کانٹا
prong in Bengali
- কাঁটা, শূলের মতো অংশ
prong in Malayalam
- കൂർത്തമുനയുള്ള ഒരു ഉപകരണം, സൂചി, കവരമുള്ള മുള്ള്
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- prong in Kannada
- ಕವಲು ಕೋಲಿನ ಮೊನಚಾದ ಭಾಗ, ಕವಲು, ಕೋಡು, ಮುಳ್ಳು
- prong in Tagalog
- sanga ng sungay
- prong in Vietnamese
- răng, ngạnh
Synonyms of prong
Forms of prong
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | prongs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | prongs |
| present participle | pronging |
| past participle | pronged |
| past | pronged |
Origin of prong
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”). Akin to Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink.
Words formed from prong
Phrases with prong
Words that rhyme with prong
Questions about prong
- What does prong mean?
- Prong means a thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
- What is prong in Tamil?
- Prong in Tamil is கூம்பு உரு துருத்தம், கவைமுள், கவர்முள். See Prong meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is prong?
- Prong can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce prong?
- Prong is pronounced /pɹɒŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of prong?
- The plural of prong is prongs.
Words near prong in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prong (page history and authors); prong (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prong (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prong (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prong (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prong (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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