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Bingle vs Prang - What's the difference?

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Prang is a synonym of bingle.



As nouns the difference between bingle and prang

is that bingle is a minor collision, especially between motor vehicles while prang is a bombing raid.

As a verb prang is

to crash an aeroplane.

bingle

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.
  • * 2005 , Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club , page 144,
    • It is always an advantage if you have a sexy car, but if you pick her up in a rusty Datsun 180B you may as well say goodnight.There is also the worst-case scenario of being involved in a bingle . If this happens you will definitely be finished and she will probably sneak off on you if she manages to escape injury.
  • * 2006 , , A Stone to Mark My Passing'', ''Through Soft Air , page 138,
    • "I, uh . . . " I managed, "I seem to have had a bit of a bingle ." I pointed a thumb behind me at the car.
  • * 2010 , Felicity Young, Take Out , page 163,
    • ‘But you've still got your father?s car haven?t you?’
    ‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it?s fixed before he finds out.’
    Synonyms
    * collision, crash, fender-bender (US), prang (UK)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hairstyle for women that is somewhere between a bob and a shingle.

    • Etymology 3

    Possibly a blend of (bat) and (single) English blends

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.

    • prang

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated, military slang) A bombing raid.
  • (slang, dated) An aeroplane crash.
  • * 2011 , Bill Marsh, Great South Australia Stories , HarperCollins Publishers, Australia, unnumbered page,
    • I remember when a call came through that a crop sprayer had had a plane prang down at Naracoorte, in the south-east of South Australia.
  • (chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand, UK, informal) An accident involving a motor vehicle, typically minor and without casualties.
  • * 1984 , Ian Manning, Beyond walking distance: The Gains from Speed in Australian Urban Travel , page 105,
    • The typical prang cost a few hundred dollars in panelbeating charges.
  • * 1999 , Lydia Laube, Bound for Vietnam , page 209,
    • If people drove like that in Australia there would be constant prangs .
  • * 2009 , Bridget Griffen-Foley, Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio , page 90,
    • The drive host, Mark Day, recalls the sinking feeling as he covered an accident on the Tullamarine expressway and wondered what commuters in Sydney would think about hearing all the details of the prang .
  • (US, slang) Crack cocaine.
  • (architecture) A type of tower or spire featured in some Buddhist temples of Thailand and Cambodia.
  • * 1995 , Joshua Eliot, Thailand and Burma Handbook 1996 , page 216,
    • The prang' is surrounded by walls, which are in turn surrounded by smaller ' prangs and chedis, some of which are rather precariously supported.
  • * 2001 , Paul Gray, Lucy Ridout, The Rough Guide to Bangkok , page 119,
    • The second platform surrounds the base of the prang proper, whose closed entranceways are guarded by four statues of the Hindu god Indra on his three-headed elephant Erawan.

    Synonyms

    * (minor accident involving a motor vehicle): bingle (Australia), collision, crash, fender-bender (US)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane.
  • * 1946 , , Song of India , page 332,
    • “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.”
  • (intransitive, chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand, UK, informal) To crash; to have an accident while controlling a vehicle.
  • * 2004 , John Pym (editor), Time Out Film Guide , page 70,
    • Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.
  • (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).
  • * 1958 , Nation , Issues 1-33, page 56,
    • “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.”
  • * 2005 , Thomas Marshall, Our Summer in Australia And New Zealand , page 93,
    • On Friday, I picked up our camper van, upgraded to a four sleeper so Elysee and I could each find a neutral corner, which I managed to “prang ,” navigating the parking lot, within one hour of signing away my house as security.

    Derived terms

    * pranged ----