prong
noun
[ prɒŋ ]
• each of two or more projecting pointed parts at the end of a fork.
• 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"
prong
verb
• pierce or stab with a fork.
• "he passed his fork to the right hand to prong the meat"
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.
