overwordExplorer
ENGLISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

prang.

An aeroplane crash.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɹæŋ/[ˈpʰɹʷæŋ]/ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/Canada, US[ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋ]Canada, US
  1. An aeroplane crash.

    countable · dated · slang · uncountable
  2. A bombing raid.

    countable · dated · slang · uncountable
  3. An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.

    Commonwealth · Ireland · UK · countable · informal · uncountable
  4. Crack cocaine.

    US · slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative.

verb/ˈpɹæŋ/[ˈpʰɹʷæŋ]/ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/Canada, US[ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋ]Canada, US
  1. To crash an aeroplane.

    dated · slang
  2. To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · informal · intransitive
  3. To damage (the vehicle one is driving) in an accident; to have a minor collision with (another motor vehicle).

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · informal · transitive
Where this word comes from

Originally World War II Royal Air Force slang; probably imitative.

noun/ˈpɹæŋ/[ˈpʰɹʷæŋ]/ˈpɹeɪ̯ŋ/Canada, US[ˈpʰɹʷeɪ̯ŋ]Canada, US
  1. A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Cambodia and Thailand.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Khmer ប្រាង្គ (praang).

FROM WORD TO NAME

Try it on your idea.

prang has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.

prang studioprang workshello, prang

These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.

Explore the name generator

A word with a source.

Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.

Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.