Pule \Pule\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Puling.] [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep,
pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.]
1. To cry like a chicken. --Bacon.
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2. To whimper; to whine, as a complaining child.
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It becometh not such a gallant to whine and pule.
--Barrow.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pule
v : cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail, whimper,
mewl]
WordNet (r) 2.0
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "pule":
bark, bawl, bay, bell, bellow, blare, blat, blate, bleat, bray,
call, caterwaul, cry, give tongue, give voice, howl, low, meow,
mew, mewl, miaow, moo, neigh, nicker, roar, screak, scream,
screech, squall, squeak, squeal, troat, ululate, wail, whicker,
whimper, whine, whinny, yammer, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
mewl, wail, whimper
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