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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A short, heavy, straight-edged knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia as a tool and weapon.

   "“The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”"

2. 2
   A style of music originating from Trinidad and Tobago, strongly influenced by Venezuelan music. countable, uncountable
3. 3
   a stout straight knife used in Malaysia and Indonesia wordnet

Verb

1. 1
   To cut with a parang
2. 2
   To play parang music

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A municipality of Maguindanao del Norte, Philippines.

Synonyms

All synonyms

knifemacheteparandaparanda

Example

More examples

"“The bastards are quietly-quietly sharpening their parangs.”"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Malay parang.

Etymology 2

Spanish parranda (“merry-making or a group of serenaders”).

Related phrases

trinidad and tobago

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.