panga
Collocations
2VERB + PANGA
took
PREP.
out
Definitions
noun
A large broad-bladed knife.
She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.
Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.
noun
Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially an iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
noun
A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a w
- machete
- matchet
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.
WiktionaryCharlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.
WiktionaryI pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’
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