Prong Definition
prông, prŏng
prongs
noun
Any pointed projecting part, as the tip of an antler.
Webster's New World
Any of the pointed ends of a fork; tine.
Webster's New World
verb
To pierce, lift, or break up with a prong.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Prong
Noun
Singular:
prong
Plural:
prongsOrigin of Prong
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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").
From Wiktionary
Middle English pronge pointed instrument, pain from Medieval Latin pronga of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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