pue

See also PUE, and pué

English

Alternative forms

• pew

Verb

pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)

1. (intransitive) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.

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   • The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia

     The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.

Related terms

• peevish

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Finnish

Verb

pue

1. Indicative present connegative form of pukea.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of pukea.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of pukea.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /py/, X-SAMPA: /py/
• Homophones: pu, pues, puent, pus, put, pût

Verb

pue

1. first-person singular present indicative of puer
2. third-person singular present indicative of puer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of puer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of puer
5. second-person singular imperative of puer

Anagrams

• peu