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pul⋅ing
[pyoo-ling] 
–adjective
| whining; whimpering: a puling child. |
pule
[pyool] –verb (used without object), puled, pul⋅ing.
| to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper. |
Origin:
1525–35; perh. imit.
1525–35; perh. imit.
Related forms:
puler, noun
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| pule (pyōōl) intr.v. puled, pul·ing, pules To whine; whimper. [Perhaps from French piauler, of imitative origin.] pul'er n. |
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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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