US /pjuːl/ UK /pjuːl/
verb Freq #117899

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to cry or whine weakly

    The exhausted child began to pule until someone lifted him.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms puling
Derived forms pulerpulingly

Etymology

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

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