pule

See also pulë

English

Noun

pule (plural pules)

1. A plaintive melancholy whine

Verb

pule (third-person singular simple present pules, present participle puling, simple past and past participle puled)

1. To whimper or to whine.

   "Although the elderly man had some terrible turn of events before him, as well as mounting pain from his illness, he did not ever complain or pule."

References

• OED 2nd edition 1989

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Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /puːlə/, [ˈpʰuːlə]

Verb

pule (imperative pul, infinitive at pule, present tense puler, past tense pulede, past participle har pulet)

1. (informal) fuck (to have sexual intercourse)

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Galician

Verb

pule

1. second-person singular imperative of pulir

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Hawaiian

Noun

pule

1. prayer, spell, blessing
2. church service
3. week

Verb

pule

1. (transitive) to pray

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Italian

Noun

pule f

1. Plural form of pula

Anagrams

• lupe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

pule (present tense puler; past tense pulte; past participle pult)

1. (slang, vulgar) have sex; fuck

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Portuguese

Verb

pule

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pular
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of pular
3. first-person singular imperative of pular
4. third-person singular imperative of pular

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpu.le]

Noun

pule f pl

1. Plural form of pulă

Synonyms

• puli

Usage notes

Although the plural form pule is that which would be found in a dictionary, puli and the other forms based on this plural form are more common.

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Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.

Noun

pule

1. shell
2. cowrie

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Spanish

Verb

pule (infinitive pulir)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pulir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pulir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pulir.

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliq.

Noun

pule

1. cowrie shell

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Volapük

Noun

pule

1. dative singular form of pul