Pule

//pjuːl// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A plaintive melancholy whine.
  2. 2
    A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk. uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To whimper or whine. intransitive

    "Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled."

  2. 2
    cry weakly or softly wordnet
  3. 3
    To pipe or chirp. intransitive
  4. 4
    To fall in a continuous, light dribble.

    "... rain took even less time since fronts rolled through about every forty-eight hours. The first two opportunities he didn't even bother to check out since the low pressure systems had been puling little pissers[,] dropping spotty rainfall[,][…]"

Synonyms

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wailbarkbawlbaybellbellow

Example

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"Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled."

Etymology

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

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