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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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