prang

Example Sentences

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"Sitting overhead, it can tell you straight away whether you're talking about a major road traffic collision that requires three fire engines and four ambulances, or whether it's a minor prang and someone's getting over-excited."

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2023

The TV star wrote on Instagram he had had a "bit of a prang" but insisted things were "all nice and bonny".

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2020

It may come from the sound of metal-on-metal: prang!

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2018

He didn't prang a car or photo-copy his bum at the office party.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2014

Sorry to say the gun was far too much to cope with following my first ever reportable prang, in a plane I probably shouldn’t have been flying, and I burst into tears.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein