Kung

¹ American  

[koong] / kʊŋ /

Or !Kung

noun

plural

Kungs,

plural

Kung

1. a member of a San people of the Kalahari desert basin of southern Africa.

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Kung ² American  

[koong, goong] / kʊŋ, gʊŋ /

noun

1. H. H. K'ung Hsiang-hsiKong Xiangxi, 1881–1967, Chinese financier and statesman.

2. Prince, 1833–98, Chinese statesman of the late Ch'ing dynasty.

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Küng ³ American  

[koong, kyng] / kʊŋ, küŋ /

noun

1. Hans, 1928–2021, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian and writer: critic of papal authority.

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Küng British  

/ kʊŋ /

noun

1. Hans. born 1928, Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, who questioned the doctrine of infallibility: his licence to teach was withdrawn in 1979. His books include Global Responsibility (1991)

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Example Sentences

Officials say the little Kung Fu trash panda was living his best life when he was detained in the liquor store and kept his spirits up even after being placed in the county kennel.

From BBC

But as twisted as it sounds — and this may have contributed to Tarantino’s ill-fated insistence that Thurman do her own stunt driving — there’s valor in how he treats the Bride as harshly as he would any student, sneering that her Tiger Crane kung fu technique is “really quite pathetic” and scuttling her bowl of rice to the ground when her knuckles are too bruised to use chopsticks.

From Los Angeles Times

Played by David Carradine, whom the young Mr. Tarantino adored as the wandering warrior in TV’s ’70s martial-arts western “Kung Fu,” Bill doesn’t reveal the full extent of his motive for trying to kill the Bride until a 40-minute final scene in which he proves a startlingly perfect match for her, turning the proceedings into a tragic if twisted love story.

From The Wall Street Journal

They do all the classics like beef with Chinese broccoli and Kung Pao shrimp, which have red Sichuan chiles that will make your mouth numb.

From Los Angeles Times

The International Energy Agency and other major agencies have been “raising the alarm bells on potential deficit” in the oil market, said Darwei Kung, Head of Commodities and Natural Resources at DWS.

From MarketWatch