Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prang out

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: prang out
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To worry, panic; to suffer an anxiety attack.

British usage; Slang

verb

To have a bad experience on drugs; to have a freakout.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"All right, look, don't prang out. They had this paint-party-brunch thing. But I only stayed for 45 minutes, painted a tiny bit of a door, ate half an almond croissant and bounced."
"Anyone who has heard Mr. Skinner's recent album, "The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living" (Vice), will be surprised (and possibly relieved) that he seems to have stopped "pranging out" on cocaine. With precise but conversationally rendered detail, this British M.C. bemoans the downside of stardom and excess: drug-binge paranoia, unfulfilling shopping sprees, […]"

Etymology

Compare pranged (“paranoid”), prang (“crack cocaine”).

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

prangs out (present, singular) pranging out (participle, present) pranged out (participle, past) pranged out (past)

Questions

What does prang out mean?: To worry, panic; to suffer an anxiety attack.
Where does prang out come from?: Compare pranged (“paranoid”), prang (“crack cocaine”).

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