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Webster 1913 Edition

Prong

Prong

,
Noun.
[Cf. D.
prangen
to pinch, press, LG.
prange
a stick, or W.
procio
to thrust, E.
prowl
,
pang
.]
1.
A sharp-pointed instrument.
Prick it on a
prong
of iron.
Sandys.
2.
The tine of a fork, or of a similar instrument;
as, a fork of two or three
prongs
.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
A sharp projection, as of an antler.
(b)
The fang of a tooth.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prong

PRONG

, n.
1.
A sharp pointed instrument.
Prick it on a prong of iron.
2.
The tine of a fork or of a similar instrument; as a fork of two or three prongs. [This is the sense in which it is used in America.]

Definition 2024

prong

prong

English

Noun

prong ‎(plural prongs)

  1. A thin, pointed, projecting part.
    a pitchfork with four prongs
  2. A branch; a fork.
    the two prongs of a river

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Verb

prong ‎(third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged)

  1. to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong


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Etymology

From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange ‎(“stick, restraining device”), from prangen ‎(“to press, pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng ‎(“to wrap up, constrict”), akin to Lithuanian springstù ‎(“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât ‎(“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek σπαργανόω ‎(sparganóō, “to swaddle”), σπάργανον ‎(spárganon, “swaddling cloth”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹɑŋ/

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