English Dictionary

prang

/pɹæŋ/

verb

(slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane. / (intransitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

I prang my car into a tree.

意味（1）

(slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane.

“We have to wear good socks and boots,” said one pilot with a grin, “—as we often prang in the jungle, and have to walk home.”

意味（2）

(intransitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

“Didn′t bump nobody,” I sneer.

“Didn′t bump nobody,” I sneer. “That′s because you were careful,” says the wife. “Your forecast doesn′t say you will prang. It merely says ‘exercise care today,’ which you did.”

意味（3）

(transitive, chiefly Australia and New Zealand, UK, informal) To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.