pungle

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
14
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈpʌŋ.ɡəl/

Definition of pungle

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (Southwestern, US, regional)To pay or hand over; to shell out
    “I want my dues and must have them — wont be put off any longer — so "pungle down," and oblige”
    “They have kicked the bully Miner ; they have ducked him in the ditch, but they can't make him pungle.”
    “The clever fakir is all through our life; but I can imagine the keen enjoyment it must be to those fellows who gather crows on street corners—for they have brains—to watch the simple, open-mouthed gull pungle up his money, and buy his valueless stuff.”
    “"The published sketch of the exterior of the proposed new Marion County Courthouse is a distinct disappointment to taxpayers pungling up the tax money for its construction," a second editorial read.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish póngale.

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