prangn.¹

Brit.

/praŋ/, U.S.

/præŋ/

Origin: A borrowing from Khmer. Etymon: Khmer praːŋ.

Etymology: < Khmer praːŋ tower.

In Cambodia and Thailand: a tall tower or spire, usually shaped approximately like a corncob, of a style characteristic of ancient Khmer architecture. Cf. chedi n.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building

towerc897

steeplec1000

Babel1554

pile1573

Babel tower1588

castle1642

minar1665

skyscraper1883

scraper1928

prang1929

slab1952

high-rise1962

multi-storey1969

society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire

shaftc1450

steeple1473

broach1501

spire1596

broach-steeple1600

prang1929

1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 271 (note) The spire of Wat Cheng at Bangkok, though a Phra Prang, is often called a Phra Chedi.]

1929 Washington Post 4 Aug. a9/2 To tourists it [sc. Wat Arun] is the Porcelain Temple, for its main tower and the four accompanying towers, or prangs, are decorated with innumerable pieces of broken dishes.

1951 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 41 190/1 In Louvo, monuments of Khmer influence, of the prang type—were becoming characteristic of a new school of Siamese art, called the School of Lahapuri, or Lophburi.

1982 Times 10 Apr. 5/2 The River of Kings, along which..the royal barge moves sedately toward Wat Arun, whose prangs and chedis..are silhouetted against the sky.

1992 Equinox Jan.–Feb. 82/3 The ornate but masculine architecture reflected in the prangs—blunt spires—of Wat Phra Keo and other temples.

2001 P. Gray & L. Ridout Rough Guide Thailand's Beaches & Islands 134 The Wat Arun that you see today is a classic prang structure of Ayutthayan style, built as a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods in Khmer mythology.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prangn.²

Brit.

/praŋ/, U.S.

/præŋ/

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Related to prang v.; further etymology uncertain (see discussion at that entry).

slang.

1. Originally and chiefly R.A.F.

a. A crash or other accident in an aircraft; a crash landing.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing

hard landing1840

crash landing1928

prang1942

1942 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Apr. 20/8 American flyers in the RAF Eagle Squadrons have introduced a new decoration. ‘The Order of Prang’... ‘Prang’ is Eagle slang for crash.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 53 ‘P/O Prune’ is the title bestowed upon a pilot who has several ‘prangs’ on his record.

1985 Maclean's (Nexis) 23 Sept. 72 Housewives zonked on trying to remember the difference between Lebanon and Pretoria, the Christian Phalangists from the Druze, the Air-India prang from the JAL.

1992 Pilot July 53/2 Luckless pilots can claim unsightly forehead scars came from their reflector gunsights after a prang in the war.

b. A bombing mission or raid. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid

raid1908

bombing offensive1917

bombing raid1917

bomb-raid1917

bombing attack1942

prang1943

1943 Times 25 Aug. 4/4 I think it about the best ‘prang’ I have ever seen. When I got over the target I could see the smoke rising from the fires still burning in the western end of the city.

1946 G. Gibson Enemy Coast Ahead 105 I like high-level attacks..or else it must be the very low-level prang.

1958 Spectator 16 May 614/1 The Prime Minister was questioned about the RAF's wizard prang on the Government's defence policy.

1979 N. Slater Falcon ii. 36 Tell him about your wizard prangs in the war.

2. Chiefly British. An accident or collision involving a road vehicle; a car crash.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident

car accident1834

street accident1835

accident1836

smash-up1856

car crash1877

car wreck1877

motor accident1910

wreck1912

crash1917

rollover1955

prang1959

shunt1959

1959 Sunday Times 1 Nov. 23/2 The grisly enormities of American stock-car racing, with an hysterical ghoul of a commentator who revelled in every prang.

1971 A. Diment Think Inc. ii. 26 Might have had a bad prang before they re-sprayed her.

1995 Private Eye 25 Aug. 6/2 Ian..is getting used to public transport following an unfortunate prang with another car in north London.

2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong vi. 108 My problem may be due to damage..following a slight prang in the car.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

prangv.

Brit.

/praŋ/, U.S.

/præŋ/

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps imitative. Compare prang n.²Derivation < Malay perang war has occasionally been suggested, but neither the sense nor the historical circumstances favour it.

slang.

a. transitive. Originally and chiefly R.A.F. To crash or crash-land (an aircraft).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > land > crash-land

pile1891

crash1915

to wash out1918

prang1941

1941 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) July 6/1 Do they give a grateful sigh and shut up shop when the last serviceable aircraft has been pranged against a hangar because its pilot would land towards obstacles?

1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral v. 107 After so many operations it was an acute personal grief to him that he had pranged his Wimpey.

1974 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) II. xlii. 278 Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father.

1995 Independent 3 Nov. 19/3 The aeroplane in which he flew was none other than the twin-engined jet that Prince Charles pranged on a tricky landing in the Scottish isles.

b. intransitive. Originally R.A.F. To crash or crash-land an aircraft; (of an aircraft) to crash. Also in extended use.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > land > make crash landing

pile1841

to come down1909

crash1912

crash-land1941

prang1943

1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta ii. 55 The upwind end of the landing-path was a maze of bomb-holes... I was too brassed off to worry whether I pranged or not.

1954 M. Stewart Madam, will you Talk? xviii. 142 Had you flown together for long? Not Really. It was fairly near the start of my third tour that I pranged.

1961 ‘J. Ross’ Last August iii. 31 A wasp was pranging against the window.

1993 Transition No. 60. 21 All Sebe's ethno-genetic flights of fancy pranged on takeoff.

2004 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 24 July 20 As for the P38 long range fighter incident, he relates that it ‘pranged’ at 09.07 hours on July 5, 1944.

2. transitive. R.A.F. To bomb (a target) from the air; to shoot down (an enemy aircraft). Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > drop (bombs) > bomb

bomb1909

prang1942

pickle1944

1942 Observer 4 Oct. 7/3 We stooged about a bit above our target..and then we pulled our fingers out, and pranged it.

1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock v. 87 The Lancs broke off sharply at the last moment to prang Neuss.

1982 F. Donaldson P. G. Wodehouse iii. xviii. 333 Some RAF pilots had attempted to ‘prang’ the Wodehouse villa at Le Touquet.

1988 Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. I pranged two Dorniers on my first sortie. Greatly satisfying.

3. transitive. Originally R.A.F. To break, smash; to damage, injure; to strike heavily. Also figurative.

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the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or violently

beatOE

to run against ——a1425

smitec1450

quash1548

dash1611

kick1667

lashc1694

daud?1719

besmite1829

buck1861

tund1885

ram1897

prang1942

1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 1 Gremlins..run down the nose of the machine and tip you up and you prang a prop.

1942 J. Moore in Observer 4 Oct. 7/2 Now you talk..of pranging a date, meaning that you have left your popsy waiting outside the Unicorn while you continue to drink with the squadron in the Bull and Bush.

1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 53 Jones pranged his arm at rugger to-day.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 147 He pranged his leg against the bedstead.

1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley x. 99 He was holding a pitchfork. ‘I thought I'd prang a rabbit.’

1995 New Yorker 7 Aug. 71/3 There was a new tear, with a smeary stain, in one knee of his trousers. ‘Pranged my leg,’ Burgess said.

4. transitive. To crash into or collide with; to crash (a vehicle); to damage (a vehicle) in an accident.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > forcibly or violently

knocka1340

runa1425

rap1440

jowlc1470

dauda1572

sousea1593

bedash1609

bob1612

bump1673

bebump1694

boup1715

bonk1929

prang1952

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > crash a vehicle

pile1932

prang1952

1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture iii. 50 ‘What height would you like to be dropped at?’ ‘Would 800 feet suit you?’.. ‘I think I can manage that without pranging the mountain.’

1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving ix. 97 The driver may well have left his ‘flasher’ on many corners ago and is happily oblivious of the fact until you move off on his signal and ‘prang’ him.

1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Aug. 11/1 We had pranged a rock getting out of Oak Bay.

1997 J. Hawes Rancid Aluminium (1998) xxiv. 306 Please don't get stopped for speeding or prang her.

Derivatives

pranged adj.

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society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [adjective] > crashed

pranged1943

1943 Times 20 Apr. 4/1 We could follow their course by the wash of pranged aircraft in the drink.

1998 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Road section) 1 They own a specialist chain of garages which put back together the wrecks of their readers' pranged motors.

ˈpranging n. and adj.

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society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing > crashing (aircraft)

crash1917

pranging1942

1942 Air News Oct. 4/1 ‘Pranging’, by the way, is a new R.A.F. expression which means smashing things up—including one's own aeroplane.

1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 May a19/5 Republicans would be foolish to think that pranging on takeoff is a purely British phenomenon.

1996 Independent 30 Aug. (24seven section) 2/4 The BMFA provides indemnity of £5m for individual clubs, a sum which should cover the damage caused by most pranging craft and accidental bombing raids.

2002 Sun (Nexis) 13 Dec. Deep Pain Thrombosis is a graphic compilation of some serious pranging and Road Test 02 highlights this year's best bikes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1929

n.²1942

v.1941

单词	prang
释义	prangn.¹ Brit. /praŋ/, U.S. /præŋ/ Origin: A borrowing from Khmer. Etymon: Khmer praːŋ. Etymology: < Khmer praːŋ tower. In Cambodia and Thailand: a tall tower or spire, usually shaped approximately like a corncob, of a style characteristic of ancient Khmer architecture. Cf. chedi n. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building towerc897 steeplec1000 Babel1554 pile1573 Babel tower1588 castle1642 minar1665 skyscraper1883 scraper1928 prang1929 slab1952 high-rise1962 multi-storey1969 society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > tower or steeple > [noun] > spire shaftc1450 steeple1473 broach1501 spire1596 broach-steeple1600 prang1929 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 271 (note) The spire of Wat Cheng at Bangkok, though a Phra Prang, is often called a Phra Chedi.] 1929 Washington Post 4 Aug. a9/2 To tourists it [sc. Wat Arun] is the Porcelain Temple, for its main tower and the four accompanying towers, or prangs, are decorated with innumerable pieces of broken dishes. 1951 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 41 190/1 In Louvo, monuments of Khmer influence, of the prang type—were becoming characteristic of a new school of Siamese art, called the School of Lahapuri, or Lophburi. 1982 Times 10 Apr. 5/2 The River of Kings, along which..the royal barge moves sedately toward Wat Arun, whose prangs and chedis..are silhouetted against the sky. 1992 Equinox Jan.–Feb. 82/3 The ornate but masculine architecture reflected in the prangs—blunt spires—of Wat Phra Keo and other temples. 2001 P. Gray & L. Ridout Rough Guide Thailand's Beaches & Islands 134 The Wat Arun that you see today is a classic prang structure of Ayutthayan style, built as a representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods in Khmer mythology. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prangn.² Brit. /praŋ/, U.S. /præŋ/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Related to prang v.; further etymology uncertain (see discussion at that entry). slang. 1. Originally and chiefly R.A.F. a. A crash or other accident in an aircraft; a crash landing. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing hard landing1840 crash landing1928 prang1942 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 7 Apr. 20/8 American flyers in the RAF Eagle Squadrons have introduced a new decoration. ‘The Order of Prang’... ‘Prang’ is Eagle slang for crash. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 53 ‘P/O Prune’ is the title bestowed upon a pilot who has several ‘prangs’ on his record. 1985 Maclean's (Nexis) 23 Sept. 72 Housewives zonked on trying to remember the difference between Lebanon and Pretoria, the Christian Phalangists from the Druze, the Air-India prang from the JAL. 1992 Pilot July 53/2 Luckless pilots can claim unsightly forehead scars came from their reflector gunsights after a prang in the war. b. A bombing mission or raid. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid raid1908 bombing offensive1917 bombing raid1917 bomb-raid1917 bombing attack1942 prang1943 1943 Times 25 Aug. 4/4 I think it about the best ‘prang’ I have ever seen. When I got over the target I could see the smoke rising from the fires still burning in the western end of the city. 1946 G. Gibson Enemy Coast Ahead 105 I like high-level attacks..or else it must be the very low-level prang. 1958 Spectator 16 May 614/1 The Prime Minister was questioned about the RAF's wizard prang on the Government's defence policy. 1979 N. Slater Falcon ii. 36 Tell him about your wizard prangs in the war. 2. Chiefly British. An accident or collision involving a road vehicle; a car crash. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [noun] > collision or accident car accident1834 street accident1835 accident1836 smash-up1856 car crash1877 car wreck1877 motor accident1910 wreck1912 crash1917 rollover1955 prang1959 shunt1959 1959 Sunday Times 1 Nov. 23/2 The grisly enormities of American stock-car racing, with an hysterical ghoul of a commentator who revelled in every prang. 1971 A. Diment Think Inc. ii. 26 Might have had a bad prang before they re-sprayed her. 1995 Private Eye 25 Aug. 6/2 Ian..is getting used to public transport following an unfortunate prang with another car in north London. 2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong vi. 108 My problem may be due to damage..following a slight prang in the car. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). prangv. Brit. /praŋ/, U.S. /præŋ/ Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps imitative. Compare prang n.²Derivation < Malay perang war has occasionally been suggested, but neither the sense nor the historical circumstances favour it. slang. 1. a. transitive. Originally and chiefly R.A.F. To crash or crash-land (an aircraft). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > land > crash-land pile1891 crash1915 to wash out1918 prang1941 1941 Tee Emm (Air Ministry) July 6/1 Do they give a grateful sigh and shut up shop when the last serviceable aircraft has been pranged against a hangar because its pilot would land towards obstacles? 1944 ‘N. Shute’ Pastoral v. 107 After so many operations it was an acute personal grief to him that he had pranged his Wimpey. 1974 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) II. xlii. 278 Bally Jerry pranged his kite right in the how's your father. 1995 Independent 3 Nov. 19/3 The aeroplane in which he flew was none other than the twin-engined jet that Prince Charles pranged on a tricky landing in the Scottish isles. b. intransitive. Originally R.A.F. To crash or crash-land an aircraft; (of an aircraft) to crash. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > land > make crash landing pile1841 to come down1909 crash1912 crash-land1941 prang1943 1943 P. Brennan et al. Spitfires over Malta ii. 55 The upwind end of the landing-path was a maze of bomb-holes... I was too brassed off to worry whether I pranged or not. 1954 M. Stewart Madam, will you Talk? xviii. 142 Had you flown together for long? Not Really. It was fairly near the start of my third tour that I pranged. 1961 ‘J. Ross’ Last August iii. 31 A wasp was pranging against the window. 1993 Transition No. 60. 21 All Sebe's ethno-genetic flights of fancy pranged on takeoff. 2004 Grimsby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 24 July 20 As for the P38 long range fighter incident, he relates that it ‘pranged’ at 09.07 hours on July 5, 1944. 2. transitive. R.A.F. To bomb (a target) from the air; to shoot down (an enemy aircraft). Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > drop (bombs) > bomb bomb1909 prang1942 pickle1944 1942 Observer 4 Oct. 7/3 We stooged about a bit above our target..and then we pulled our fingers out, and pranged it. 1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock v. 87 The Lancs broke off sharply at the last moment to prang Neuss. 1982 F. Donaldson P. G. Wodehouse iii. xviii. 333 Some RAF pilots had attempted to ‘prang’ the Wodehouse villa at Le Touquet. 1988 Times (Nexis) 17 Sept. I pranged two Dorniers on my first sortie. Greatly satisfying. 3. transitive. Originally R.A.F. To break, smash; to damage, injure; to strike heavily. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or violently beatOE to run against ——a1425 smitec1450 quash1548 dash1611 kick1667 lashc1694 daud?1719 besmite1829 buck1861 tund1885 ram1897 prang1942 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 18 Apr. 1 Gremlins..run down the nose of the machine and tip you up and you prang a prop. 1942 J. Moore in Observer 4 Oct. 7/2 Now you talk..of pranging a date, meaning that you have left your popsy waiting outside the Unicorn while you continue to drink with the squadron in the Bull and Bush. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 53 Jones pranged his arm at rugger to-day. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 147 He pranged his leg against the bedstead. 1977 F. Parrish Fire in Barley x. 99 He was holding a pitchfork. ‘I thought I'd prang a rabbit.’ 1995 New Yorker 7 Aug. 71/3 There was a new tear, with a smeary stain, in one knee of his trousers. ‘Pranged my leg,’ Burgess said. 4. transitive. To crash into or collide with; to crash (a vehicle); to damage (a vehicle) in an accident. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > forcibly or violently knocka1340 runa1425 rap1440 jowlc1470 dauda1572 sousea1593 bedash1609 bob1612 hit1639 bump1673 bebump1694 boup1715 bonk1929 prang1952 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > crash a vehicle pile1932 prang1952 1952 E. F. Davies Illyrian Venture iii. 50 ‘What height would you like to be dropped at?’ ‘Would 800 feet suit you?’.. ‘I think I can manage that without pranging the mountain.’ 1966 T. Wisdom High-performance Driving ix. 97 The driver may well have left his ‘flasher’ on many corners ago and is happily oblivious of the fact until you move off on his signal and ‘prang’ him. 1976 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 22 Aug. 11/1 We had pranged a rock getting out of Oak Bay. 1997 J. Hawes Rancid Aluminium (1998) xxiv. 306 Please don't get stopped for speeding or prang her. Derivatives pranged adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > specific movements or positions of aircraft > [adjective] > crashed pranged1943 1943 Times 20 Apr. 4/1 We could follow their course by the wash of pranged aircraft in the drink. 1998 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Aug. (Road section) 1 They own a specialist chain of garages which put back together the wrecks of their readers' pranged motors. ˈpranging n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [noun] > landing > crash landing > crashing (aircraft) crash1917 pranging1942 1942 Air News Oct. 4/1 ‘Pranging’, by the way, is a new R.A.F. expression which means smashing things up—including one's own aeroplane. 1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 20 May a19/5 Republicans would be foolish to think that pranging on takeoff is a purely British phenomenon. 1996 Independent 30 Aug. (24seven section) 2/4 The BMFA provides indemnity of £5m for individual clubs, a sum which should cover the damage caused by most pranging craft and accidental bombing raids. 2002 Sun (Nexis) 13 Dec. Deep Pain Thrombosis is a graphic compilation of some serious pranging and Road Test 02 highlights this year's best bikes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1929n.²1942v.1941
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