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Webster 1913 Edition
Pule
Pule
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Puled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Puling
.] [F.
piauler
; cf. L. pipilare
, pipire
, to peep, pip, chirp, and E. peep
to chirp.] 1.
To cry like a chicken.
Bacon.
2.
To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
It becometh not such a gallant to whine and
pule
. Barrow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pule
PULE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To cry like a chicken.2.
To whine; to cry as a complaining child; to whimper. To speak puling like a beggar at halimass.
Definition 2024
pule
pule
See also: pulë
English
Noun
pule (plural pules)
Verb
pule (third-person singular simple present pules, present participle puling, simple past and past participle puled)
- To whimper or to whine.
- "Although the elderly man had some terrible turn of events before him, as well as mounting pain from his illness, he did not ever complain or pule."
Translations
to whimper or whine
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References
- OED 2nd edition 1989
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /puːlə/, [ˈpʰuːlə]
Etymology
From dialectal Swedish pula (“have sex with”).
Verb
pule (imperative pul, infinitive at pule, present tense puler, past tense pulede, perfect tense har pulet)
Portuguese
Verb
pule
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pular
- third-person singular present subjunctive of pular
- first-person singular imperative of pular
- third-person singular imperative of pular
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpu.le]
Noun
pule
- plural of pulă
Synonyms
Usage notes
Although the plural form pule is that which would be found in a dictionary, puli and the other forms based on this plural form are more common.
Spanish
Verb
pule
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pulir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pulir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of pulir.
Tongan
Pule : Meaning The authority of a person over someone or something.
Sentence : 'Oku pule Finemotu'a ia hono Motu'a.
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.
Noun
pule
- cowrie shell