Brang vs Prang - What's the difference?
brang | prang |
(bring)
(lb) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
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, title= To supply or contribute.
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*:“it is not fair of you to bring' against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without ' bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
(lb) To raise (a lawsuit, charges, etc.) against somebody.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To persuade; to induce; to draw; to lead; to guide.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
To produce in exchange; to sell for; to fetch.
(lb) To pitch, often referring to a particularly hard thrown fastball.
(dated, military slang) A bombing raid.
(slang, dated) An aeroplane crash.
* 2011 , Bill Marsh, Great South Australia Stories , HarperCollins Publishers, 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 ,
* 1999 , Lydia Laube, Bound for Vietnam ,
* 2009 , Bridget Griffen-Foley, Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio ,
(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 ,
* 2001 , Paul Gray, Lucy Ridout, The Rough Guide to Bangkok ,
(slang, dated) To crash an aeroplane.
* 1946 , , Song of India ,
(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 ,
(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,
* 2005 , Thomas Marshall, Our Summer in Australia And New Zealand ,
As verbs the difference between brang and prang
is that brang is simple past of bring while prang is to crash an aeroplane.As a noun prang is
a bombing raid.brang
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Verb
(head)bring
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) bringen, from (etyl) ).Verb
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- At twilight in the summeron the floor.
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- It seems so preposterous a thingthat they do not easily bring themselves to it.
Usage notes
Past (brang) and past participle (brung) and (broughten) forms are sometimes used in some dialects, especially in informal speech.Derived terms
(terms derived from "bring") * bring about * bring around * bring back * bring down * bring forth * bring forwards * bring home * bring in * bring it * bring it on * bring off * bring on * bring out * bring round * bring to * bring to light * bring up * inbring * outbringEtymology 2
Onomatopeiaprang
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Noun
(en noun)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.
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- The typical prang cost a few hundred dollars in panelbeating charges.
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- If people drove like that in Australia there would be constant prangs .
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- 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 .
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- The prang' is surrounded by walls, which are in turn surrounded by smaller ' prangs and chedis, some of which are rather precariously supported.
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)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.”
page 70,
- Soon after rescuing some silly children from the local caves, the alien prangs his vessel and dies.
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.”
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.