n. & v.
n. each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork etc.
v.tr. 1 pierce or stab with a fork. 2 turn up (soil) with a fork. prong-buck (or -horn or -horned antelope) a n. American deerlike ruminant, Antilocapra americana, the male of which has horns with forward-pointing prongs. three-pronged attack an attack on three separate points at once. pronged adj. (also in comb.).
[ ME (also prang), perh. rel. to MLG prange pinching instrument ]