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Definition of puling - 5 dictionary results

pul⋅ing

[pyoo-ling]
–adjective
whining; whimpering: a puling child.

Origin:
1520–30; pule + -ing 2


pul⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

pule

[pyool]
–verb (used without object), puled, pul⋅ing.
to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper.

Origin:
1525–35; perh. imit.


puler, noun
pule   (pyōōl)   
intr.v.   puled, pul·ing, pules
To whine; whimper.

[Perhaps from French piauler, of imitative origin.]
pul'er n.

Puling

Pul"ing\, n. A cry, as of a chicken,; a whining or whimpering.

Leave this faint puling and lament as I do. --Shak.

Puling

Pul"ing\, a. Whimpering; whining; childish.
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