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noun

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as in tine

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verb

as in to pike

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Recent Examples of prong
Noun
The ring has a classic four-prong platinum mounting and is worth between $3-5 million. — Freya Drohan, InStyle, 30 June 2026 Bride said advocates have to employ a three-prong approach, utilizing legislation, litigation and education. — ABC News, 26 June 2026
Verb
The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal. — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019 Few hardware manufacturers have convinced other game makers that their strange, proprietary chips—full of multi-pronged, work-in-tandem processors or cores—are worth those system-specific headaches. — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2018 See All Example Sentences for prong
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prong
  1. tine
  2. pike
  3. bayonet
  4. perforate
  5. thrust
  6. quill
Noun
  • Use a rake with short straight tines to pull up thatch from small areas.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • It is also used like a rake, except that the goal is to dig down with the tines to pull up thatch and remove it.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 21 May 2026
Definition of tine
Verb
  • While the gold seemed all-but hers, Andrade came up short on her second vault, a comparatively simple Lopez vault, piking down and stepping over the line to incur a neutral deduction.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).
    — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Definition of pike
Verb
  • Of the 300,000 Chinese slaughtered by the Japanese Imperial Army during a six-week period, most were civilians who were were bayoneted, machine-gunned and burned alive.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.
    — Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
Definition of bayonet
Verb
  • The Test Kitchen prefers perforated grill baskets ($30, Amazon).
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2026
  • This fat line fed a series of narrower pipes in the tower, which ran along the corners of every floor, wall, and ceiling, and were perforated to spray gas into the rooms.
    — Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
Definition of perforate
Verb
  • In Memphis, Tennessee, residents are exhausted at being thrust into the national discourse over crime and safety.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
  • The ongoing, high-profile trial has thrust the topic of maternal mental health—and postpartum psychosis in particular—into the national spotlight.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 31 July 2026
Definition of thrust
Verb
  • Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
    — CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
  • For six weeks last summer the DC-8 and a pair of Twin Otters similarly quilled with atmospheric-sampling instruments flew through more than 100 different columns.
    — Kyle Dickman, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
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