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   prong

   /prɒŋ/

   noun

   • 1. each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork.
   • ▪ a projecting part on various other devices: "a small rubber brush with large prongs"
   • ▪ a man's penis. vulgar slang
   • 2. each of the separate parts of an attack or operation, typically approaching a place or subject from different positions: "the three main prongs of the government's programme"

   verb

   • 1. pierce or stab with a fork: "he passed his fork to the right hand to prong the meat"

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting a forked implement): perhaps related to Middle Low German prange ‘pinching instrument’. The verb dates from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pronged adjective

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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