Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To whine; whimper.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To peep or pipe plaintively, as a chick.
- To cry as a complaining child; whine; whimper.
- To utter in a whining or querulous manner: with out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To cry like a chicken.
- intransitive verb To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
plaintive melancholy whine - verb To
whimper or towhine .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb cry weakly or softly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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In truth, the Hawaiians not unfrequently applied the term pule to compositions which we moderns find it hard to bring within our definitions of prayer.
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Ia manawa a ke Alii e hoolohe ana i ka pule a ka Makaula, ike mai la o
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Oia ka pule kauoha a Kahalaomapuana i ko lakou Akua.
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a pau, aole mea nele, nolaila, e pule oukou i ke Akua, a e pule no hoi wau i ko'u Akua, a ina i mana na pule a kakou, alaila, e halawai hou ana no kakou ma keia hope aku.
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The Danish verb 'pule' is slang for 'fuck' with strong connotations of harshness.
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The Danish verb 'pule' is slang for 'fuck' with strong connotations of harshness.
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The Danish verb 'pule' is slang for 'fuck' with strong connotations of harshness.
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The Danish verb 'pule' is slang for 'fuck' with strong connotations of harshness.
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The Danish verb 'pule' is slang for 'fuck' with strong connotations of harshness.
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Alongside the canoe, still in the water and peeling off the grisly clinging thing, the incorrigible old sinner burst into the pule of triumph which had been chanted by countless squid-catching generations before him:
brandelion commented on the word pule
Pie + yule, created by Hugh Neutron on the Jimmy Neutron show, added to the list of "non-demoninational holidays" - though i think most Wordies list it with the "whining, whimpering" definition.
December 9, 2006
madmouth commented on the word pule
a synonym and rhyme for mewl. hm!
June 15, 2009