pungle
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈpʌŋ.ɡəl/
Definition of pungle
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish póngale.
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