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pule.

A plaintive melancholy whine.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pjuːl//pjʉl/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. A plaintive melancholy whine.

Where this word comes from

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

verb/pjuːl//pjʉl/Northern-Ireland, Scotland
  1. To whimper or whine.

    intransitive
    Although the elderly man felt mounting pain from his illness, he never complained or puled.
  2. To pipe or chirp.

    intransitive
  3. To fall in a continuous, light dribble.

Where this word comes from

From French piauler, a variant of French piailler (“to chirp, cheep”). Compare Italian pigolare (“to cheep as a chicken”).

noun/ˈpuːleɪ/
  1. A Serbian cheese made from donkey milk.

    uncountable
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