"prong" meaning in English

See prong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɹɒŋ/ [UK], /pɹɔŋ/ [General-American], /pɹɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prong.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prong.wav Forms: prongs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|pronge}} Middle English pronge, {{der|en|gml|prange||stick, restraining device}} Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), {{der|en|osx|*prangan}} Old Saxon *prangan, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*prangan}} Proto-West Germanic *prangan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*pranganą|t=to press}} Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)preng-||to wrap up, constrict}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”), {{cog|lt|spriñgti||to choke, become choked or obstructed}} Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), {{cog|lv|sprañgât||cord, constrict}} Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), {{cog|grc|σπαργανόω||to swaddle}} Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} prong (plural prongs)
  1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine. Translations (thin, pointed, projecting part): στόρθυγξ (stórthunx) [feminine, masculine] (Ancient Greek), зъбец (zǎbec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pua [feminine] (Catalan), hrot [masculine] (Czech), spids (Danish), tand (Danish), tand [masculine] (Dutch), punt [masculine] (Dutch), spits [masculine] (Dutch), piek [masculine] (Dutch), kärki (Finnish), piikki (Finnish), dent [feminine] (French), pointe [feminine] (French), broche [feminine] (French), galla [feminine] (Galician), puga [feminine] (Galician), dente [masculine] (Galician), Zinke [feminine] (German), Zacke [feminine] (German), Zacken [masculine] (German), Stift [masculine] (German), Ende [neuter] (German), Sprosse [feminine] (German), Krappe [masculine] (German), Stachel [masculine] (German), Dorn [masculine] (German), Stab [masculine] (German), fog (Hungarian), ág (Hungarian), gaddur [masculine] (Icelandic), beangán [masculine] (Irish), punta [feminine] (Italian), dente [masculine] (Italian), rebbio [masculine] (Italian), парог (parog) [masculine] (Macedonian), забец (zabec) [masculine] (Macedonian), kātara (Maori), tind [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tind [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), چاتال (çatal) (Ottoman Turkish), szpica [feminine] (Polish), grot [masculine] (Polish), kolec [masculine] (Polish), ząb [masculine] (Polish), badyl (of an antler) [masculine] (Polish), ponta [feminine] (Portuguese), dente [masculine] (Portuguese), dinte [masculine] (Romanian), шпенёк (špenjók) (Russian), зубе́ц (zubéc) (Russian), отро́г (otróg) [masculine] (Russian), рожо́к (rožók) [masculine] (Russian), vetva (Slovak), výbežok (Slovak), kolík (Slovak), hrot (Slovak), diente [masculine] (Spanish), prolongación [feminine] (Spanish), punta [feminine] (Spanish), gajo [masculine] (Spanish), vástago [masculine] (Spanish), spets (Swedish), klo (Swedish), led (Swedish), udd [common-gender] (Swedish), sanga ng sungay (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-prong-en-noun-8bZMR1ng Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 9 9 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 6 6 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 6 6 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 6 6 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 48 10 10 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 53 5 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 53 3 3 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 5 5 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 4 4 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 50 5 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 54 5 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 51 5 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 4 4 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 50 6 6 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 55 2 2 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 54 5 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 5 5 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 51 5 5 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 4 4 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 51 5 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 3 3 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 52 4 4 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 51 5 5 39 Disambiguation of 'thin, pointed, projecting part': 100 0 0
  2. (sometimes figurative) A branch; a fork. Tags: figuratively, sometimes Translations (branch): разклонение (razklonenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), gren (Danish), arm [masculine] (Dutch), haara (Finnish), bras [masculine] (French), galla [feminine] (Galician), Zweig [masculine] (German), Arm [masculine] (German), ág (Hungarian), beangán [masculine] (Irish), ramo [masculine] (Italian), ramificazione [feminine] (Italian), biforcazione [feminine] (Italian), гранка (granka) [feminine] (Macedonian), braço [masculine] (Portuguese), ramo [masculine] (Portuguese), braț [neuter] (Romanian), ветвь (vetvʹ) (Russian), vetva (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-prong-en-noun-Zl4W7lap Disambiguation of 'branch': 0 100 0
  3. (colloquial) The penis. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-prong-en-noun-JrEPyTmp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pronghorn, prong-set Related terms: tine, tooth

Verb

IPA: /pɹɒŋ/ [UK], /pɹɔŋ/ [General-American], /pɹɑŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prong.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prong.wav Forms: prongs [present, singular, third-person], pronging [participle, present], pronged [participle, past], pronged [past]
Rhymes: -ɒŋ 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|pronge}} Middle English pronge, {{der|en|gml|prange||stick, restraining device}} Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), {{der|en|osx|*prangan}} Old Saxon *prangan, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*prangan}} Proto-West Germanic *prangan, {{der|en|gem-pro|*pranganą|t=to press}} Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*(s)preng-||to wrap up, constrict}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”), {{cog|lt|spriñgti||to choke, become choked or obstructed}} Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), {{cog|lv|sprañgât||cord, constrict}} Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), {{cog|grc|σπαργανόω||to swaddle}} Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”) Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong): бода (boda) (Bulgarian), пробождам (proboždam) (Bulgarian), промушвам (promušvam) (Bulgarian), aufspießen (German), spießen (German)
    Sense id: en-prong-en-verb-s8zyumpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 9 9 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 6 6 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 47 6 6 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 6 6 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 5 5 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 48 4 4 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 50 4 4 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 50 5 5 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 4 4 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 50 3 3 44

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pronghorn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "prong-set"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "pronge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English pronge",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "prange",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stick, restraining device"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*pranganą",
        "t": "to press"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)preng-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wrap up, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spriñgti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choke, become choked or obstructed"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sprañgât",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cord, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπαργανόω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swaddle"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nAkin 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prong (plural prongs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tooth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 9 9 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 6 6 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 10 10 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 5 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 3 3 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 5 5 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 4 4 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 5 5 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 5 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Icelandic translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 4 4 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 6 6 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 2 2 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 5 5 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 5 5 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 4 4 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Slovak translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 3 3 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "52 4 4 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 5 5 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Tagalog translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a pitchfork with four prongs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine."
      ],
      "id": "en-prong-en-noun-8bZMR1ng",
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "antler",
          "antler"
        ],
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ],
        [
          "tine",
          "tine"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zǎbec",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "зъбец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hrot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "spids"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "tand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "punt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spits"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "kärki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "piikki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "dent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pointe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "broche"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "galla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "puga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zinke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Zacke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zacken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Ende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sprosse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Krappe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stachel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Dorn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stab"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "stórthunx",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "στόρθυγξ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "fog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "ág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gaddur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beangán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "punta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rebbio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "parog",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "парог"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zabec",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "забец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "kātara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tind"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tind"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "çatal",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "چاتال"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "szpica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kolec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ząb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "badyl (of an antler)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ponta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dinte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "špenjók",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "шпенёк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zubéc",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "зубе́ц"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otróg",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "отро́г"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rožók",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "рожо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "vetva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "výbežok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "kolík"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "hrot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "prolongación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "punta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gajo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vástago"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "spets"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "klo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "led"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "udd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
          "word": "sanga ng sungay"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the two prongs of a river",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "the second prong of the argument",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A branch; a fork."
      ],
      "id": "en-prong-en-noun-Zl4W7lap",
      "links": [
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes figurative) A branch; a fork."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razklonenie",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разклонение"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "branch",
          "word": "gren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "arm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "branch",
          "word": "haara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "galla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zweig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Arm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "branch",
          "word": "ág"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "beangán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ramo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ramificazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biforcazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "granka",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гранка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "braço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ramo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "branch",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "braț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vetvʹ",
          "sense": "branch",
          "word": "ветвь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "branch",
          "word": "vetva"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102:",
          "text": "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!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit.\nHang 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!?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The penis."
      ],
      "id": "en-prong-en-noun-JrEPyTmp",
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) The penis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prong"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "pronge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English pronge",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "prange",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stick, restraining device"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*pranganą",
        "t": "to press"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)preng-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wrap up, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spriñgti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choke, become choked or obstructed"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sprañgât",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cord, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπαργανόω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swaddle"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nAkin 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prongs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prong (third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 9 9 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 6 6 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 6 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 5 5 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 4 4 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 4 4 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 5 5 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 4 4 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 3 3 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1926 December, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Impending Doom”, in Very Good, Jeeves!, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited […], published 20 June 1930, →OCLC, page 15:",
          "text": "He uncovered the fragrant eggs and b., and I pronged a moody forkful.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong."
      ],
      "id": "en-prong-en-verb-s8zyumpb",
      "links": [
        [
          "pierce",
          "pierce"
        ],
        [
          "poke",
          "poke#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "prong",
          "prong#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "boda",
          "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
          "word": "бода"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "proboždam",
          "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
          "word": "пробождам"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "promušvam",
          "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
          "word": "промушвам"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
          "word": "aufspießen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
          "word": "spießen"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prong"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "English terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "pronghorn"
    },
    {
      "word": "prong-set"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "pronge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English pronge",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "prange",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stick, restraining device"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*pranganą",
        "t": "to press"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)preng-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wrap up, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spriñgti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choke, become choked or obstructed"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sprañgât",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cord, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπαργανόω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swaddle"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nAkin 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prongs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prong (plural prongs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tine"
    },
    {
      "word": "tooth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a pitchfork with four prongs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "project",
          "project"
        ],
        [
          "antler",
          "antler"
        ],
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ],
        [
          "tine",
          "tine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the two prongs of a river",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "the second prong of the argument",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A branch; a fork."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "branch",
          "branch"
        ],
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes figurative) A branch; a fork."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1977, John Ironstone, Orphan, page 102:",
          "text": "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!",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "text": "2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit.\nHang 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!?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The penis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "penis",
          "penis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) The penis."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zǎbec",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зъбец"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pua"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "spids"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "tand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tand"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "punt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spits"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "kärki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "piikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dent"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pointe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "broche"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galla"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puga"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zinke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zacke"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zacken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stift"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Ende"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprosse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Krappe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stachel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Dorn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stab"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "stórthunx",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στόρθυγξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "fog"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "ág"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gaddur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beangán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "punta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rebbio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "parog",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парог"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zabec",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "забец"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "kātara"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tind"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tind"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çatal",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "چاتال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "szpica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kolec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ząb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "badyl (of an antler)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ponta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dinte"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "špenjók",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "шпенёк"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zubéc",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "зубе́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otróg",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отро́г"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rožók",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рожо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "vetva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "výbežok"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "kolík"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "hrot"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prolongación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "punta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vástago"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "spets"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "klo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "led"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "udd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "thin, pointed, projecting part",
      "word": "sanga ng sungay"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razklonenie",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разклонение"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "branch",
      "word": "gren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "branch",
      "word": "haara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bras"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zweig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Arm"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "branch",
      "word": "ág"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beangán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ramo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ramificazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biforcazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "granka",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гранка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "braço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ramo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "branch",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "braț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vetvʹ",
      "sense": "branch",
      "word": "ветвь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "branch",
      "word": "vetva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prong"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "English terms derived from Old Saxon",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "English verbs",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒŋ/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Ancient Greek translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "pronge"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English pronge",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "prange",
        "4": "",
        "5": "stick, restraining device"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*prangan"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *prangan",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*pranganą",
        "t": "to press"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *pranganą (“to press”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)preng-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to wrap up, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spriñgti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to choke, become choked or obstructed"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spriñgti (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sprañgât",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cord, constrict"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σπαργανόω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to swaddle"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek σπαργανόω (sparganóō, “to swaddle”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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”).\nAkin 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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prongs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronging",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronged",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronged",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prong (third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1926 December, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “Jeeves and the Impending Doom”, in Very Good, Jeeves!, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited […], published 20 June 1930, →OCLC, page 15:",
          "text": "He uncovered the fragrant eggs and b., and I pronged a moody forkful.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pierce",
          "pierce"
        ],
        [
          "poke",
          "poke#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "prong",
          "prong#Noun"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɒŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɔŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɑŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prong.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-prong.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒŋ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "boda",
      "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
      "word": "бода"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proboždam",
      "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
      "word": "пробождам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "promušvam",
      "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
      "word": "промушвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
      "word": "aufspießen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong",
      "word": "spießen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "prong"
}

Download raw JSONL data for prong meaning in English (21.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.