PULE

wail, whimper, mewl, pule

(verb) cry weakly or softly; “she wailed with pain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

pule (plural pules)

A plaintive melancholy whine.

Verb

pule (third-person singular simple present pules, present participle puling, simple past and past participle puled)

(intransitive) To whimper or whine.

(intransitive) To pipe or chirp.

Etymology 2

Noun

pule (uncountable)

A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk.

Anagrams

• Lupe

Source: Wiktionary


Pule, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puled; p. pr. & vb. n. Puling.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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