prong

Meaning

Noun

1. A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
2. (figuratively, sometimes) A branch; a fork.
3. (colloquial) The penis.

Verb

To pierce or poke with, or as if with, a prong.

Synonyms

tine

fork

point

tip

spike

tooth

🦷

end

🔚

cog

top

🔝

edge

pike

spine

vertex

pitchfork

prod

barb

peak

apex

prick

broach

piton

pointedness

punch

👊

puncture

quill

rake

ray

riddle

score

shaft

sharpness

shot

spear

spur

stab

stave

sticker

sting

tab

tang

tap

teeth

🦷

thorn

thrust

toe

track

transfix

tusk

wimble

stave in

Translations

dent

🦷

tand

diente

🦷

dente

🦷

Zacke

forca

rebbio

Zinke

punta

Spitze

dens

🦷

gaffel

dent

δόντι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒŋ/

Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian: spriñgti

Cognate with Latvian: sprañgât

Cognate with Ancient Greek: σπαργανόω

In summary

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.