Panga (Noun)
Meaning
A large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Farm workers often use a panga for clearing dense jungle undergrowth to make way for new crops.
- As he ventured deeper into the Amazon rainforest, he swung his panga at thick vines to make a path.
- The soldier unsheathed his panga and gestured for the locals to scatter as a warning.
- Carlos remembered watching his grandfather skillfully wield a panga when clearing fields on their small family farm.
- Wielding the large curved panga, Maria carefully cut back overgrown branches obstructing the mountain trail.