pule

[ pyool ]

/ pyul /

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verb (used without object), puled, pul·ing.

to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.

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Origin of pule

First recorded in 1525–35; perhaps imitative

OTHER WORDS FROM pule

puler, noun

Words nearby pule

Pulaski, Pulau Pinang, pulchritude, pulchritudinous, Pulci, pule, Pulesati, puli, puling, Pulitzer, Pulitzer Prize

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How to use pule in a sentence

This was accomplished by the utterance of a pule hoo-noa, a tabu-lifting prayer.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson
The priesthood, properly so called (Kahuna maoli, Kahuna pule), was hereditary.
Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands|Charles Nordhoff
He then coost it into the deep pule below, making the flee skim alang the top o' the water, as skeelfully as onything ye ever saw.
The Genius of Scotland|Robert Turnbull
But we are in bad case; for see, on the one side comes Pule-o-Vaitafe, and on the other Tamavili.
A Memory Of The Southern Seas|Louis Becke

Here also is another pule hoo-noa, a prayer-song addressed to Laka, an intercession for the lifting of the tabu.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii|Nathaniel Bright Emerson

British Dictionary definitions for pule

pule

/ (pjuːl) /

verb

(intr) to cry plaintively; whimper

Derived forms of pule

puler, noun

Word Origin for pule

C16: perhaps of imitative origin

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