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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
prang . - adjective UK, slang
paranoid
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Examples
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Drap's younger sister's car was pranged by what is being investigated by Portland State University professors as a meteor strike.
Boing Boing 2008
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Plus, somebody pranged my car in the parking lot and scarpered, leaving me with a $700 repair bill.
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I can see the report for the pranged motor now … Sir I wish to report … ..
Stop Loving Everything « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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So we have first-hand evidence in this small colonial community formed before the Revolutionary War -- over-populated by deer who get pranged by cars on all our roads at huge expense to insurance companies because of stupid governmental hunting restrictions -- that people eat their own while the fox goes to ground and escapes the hounds as deer have taken over our meadows because hunters with rifles are not allowed hunt.
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When the car carrying Princess Diana was pranged in the Paris tunnel, killing her and Al Fayed and their driver, the royal family and their very large
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I winced as Hooplah pranged a black cab, eliciting an explosion of horn parping, and a stream of oaths from its cloth-capped driver, as he scraped against the chassis.
Black Butterfly Mark Gatiss 2008
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June 27: Dad watched cricket all day and then got smashed drunk and pranged the truck on a police roadblock.
Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007
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June 27: Dad watched cricket all day and then got smashed drunk and pranged the truck on a police roadblock.
Rainbow’s End Lauren St John 2007
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“I suppose the poor devil got pranged,” said Jerry.
Presumption of Death Sayers, Dorothy L. 2002
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No wonder we both snickered when we pranged our landings.
Chickenhawk Mason, Robert 1983
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