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Meaning of PULE

Pronunciation:  pyool

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
 
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 Synonyms: mewl, wail, whimper
 
 See Also: cry, weep

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pule\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Puled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Puling}.] [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.
 

 

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