pung
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pung
1815–25, short for tom-pung, ultimately < the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan
Example Sentences
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The NBA is pung players in a bubble at Disney World.
From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2020
Thus, if tiles used to " pung" or " chow" with are ivory, they will cost more to bring into the U. S. A. than would a set of tiles made of a cheap substance.
From Time Magazine Archive
A woman was driving the long pung, bundled in furs, brandishing her whip, yelling shrilly to her dogs.
From Time Magazine Archive
As Dallas greeted it, the distant ridge of a snow-drift, rose-tinged like the sky, hid the crawling speck that was the pung.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
The approach of the pung did not frighten Dallas.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
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