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pronged

[ prawngd, prongd ]

adjective

  1. having prongs (often used in combination):

    a four-pronged fork.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pronged1

First recorded in 1760–70; prong + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

Plouffe, it should be noted, is just one part of a multi-pronged political operation.

But the list is an indication of the rapid expansion of the multi-pronged American campaign in Iraq.

A senior administration official described it as “a multi-pronged attack across hundreds of kilometers in northern Iraq.”

They had a two-pronged invasion strategy: Kill everybody and steal everything.

This time around, says Brandon, FreedomWorks has a three-pronged mission.

He flung his three-pronged hook over the high wall which separated Azalea Lodge from the empty house.

Pent up forces in the west were loosed, and Neptune, deity of the ocean, with his three-pronged trident stalked abroad.

Just run a green switch through the gills and lay it across on two pronged sticks stuck up on each side of the fire.

The votary pays his five centimes and is armed by the presiding genius of the place with a huge two-pronged iron fork.

They run ort as tho Satun hisself was arter them with a red hot ten pronged pitchfork.

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