English Dictionary
◊ PRONGED
pronged
adj 1: having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a
three-tined fork" [syn: {tined}]
2: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches;
"the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched
hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked
river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish
grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots" [syn: {bifurcate},
{biramous}, {branched}, {forked}, {prongy}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ GRONKED
gronked
1. Broken. "The teletype scanner was gronked, so we took the
system down."
2. Of people, the condition of feeling very tired or (less
commonly) sick. "I've been chasing that bug for 17 hours now
and I am thoroughly gronked!" Compare {broken}, which means
about the same as {gronk} used of hardware, but connotes
depression or mental/emotional problems in people.