prong

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɒŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /pɹɑŋ/ Rhymes: -ɒŋ === Noun === prong (plural prongs) A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. Synonyms: tine, fang (sometimes figurative) A branch; a fork. (Cornwall) A fork (agricultural tool). (colloquial) The penis. 2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit. 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!? ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== tine tooth === Verb === prong (third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged) To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong. ==== Translations ==== == Ambonese Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch pronken (“to show off”), from Middle Dutch pronken. === Verb === prong to decorate == Manado Malay == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch pronken (“to show off”), from Middle Dutch pronken. === Verb === prong to decorate === References === Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara == Western Cham == === Etymology === Cognate with Eastern Cham praong. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɣɔŋ/ === Adjective === prong big