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prong
English
Etymology
From Middle English pronge, perhaps from Middle Low German prange (“stick, restraining device”), from prangen (“to press, pinch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)preng- (“to wrap up, constrict”), akin to Lithuanian springstù (“to choke, become choked or obstructed”), Latvian sprañgât (“cord, constrict”), Ancient Greek ????????? (sparganó?, “to swaddle”), ????????? (spárganon, “swaddling cloth”). See also prank, prance, prink.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
prong (plural prongs)
- A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
- a pitchfork with four prongs
- A branch; a fork.
- the two prongs of a river
- (colloquial) The penis.
- 2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit.
- Hang 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!?
- 2008, Andy Zaltzman on The Bugle podcast, episode 34, You Will Know Us By Our Knobbly Fruit.
Derived terms
- pronghorn
Translations
See also
- tine
- tooth
Verb
prong (third-person singular simple present prongs, present participle pronging, simple past and past participle pronged)
- To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.
Translations
prong From the web:
- what prong is positive
- what prong is neutral
- what prong means
- are pringles vegan
- what prong mean in spanish
- what pronghorn antelope eat
- what's prong set
- what pronghorn taste like
tributary
English
Etymology
From Middle English tributarie (“paying tribute”), from Latin trib?t?rius, from trib?tum (“tribute”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??bj?t??i/
Noun
tributary (plural tributaries)
- A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.
- Synonym: affluent
- A nation, state, or other entity that pays tribute.
Related terms
- distributary
Translations
Adjective
tributary (not comparable)
- Related to the paying of tribute.
- subordinate; inferior
- Yielding supplies of any kind; serving to form or make up, a greater object of the same kind, as a part, branch, etc.; contributing.
- The Ohio has many tributary streams, and is itself tributary to the Mississippi.
Related terms
- tribute
Translations
tributary From the web:
- what tributary flows into the mississippi
- what tributary of the nile rises in ethiopia
- what tributary of the mississippi is the longest
- what's tributary load
- what tributary is a river that
- tributary what does it mean
- tributary what it means
- what is tributary in geography
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