What does pule mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wail, whimper, mewl, puleverb

    cry weakly or softly

    "she wailed with pain"

Wiktionary

  1. pulenoun

    A plaintive melancholy whine

  2. puleverb

    To whimper or to whine.

    "Although the elderly man had some terrible turn of events before him, as well as mounting pain from his illness, he did not ever complain or pule."

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Puleverb

    Etymology: piauler, Fr.

    Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings; let the musick likewise be sharp and loud. Francis Bacon.

    To speak puling like a beggar at Hallomass. William Shakespeare.

    To have a wretched puling fool,
    A whining mammet, in her fortune’s tender,
    To answer, I’ll not wed. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

    Weak puling things unable to sustain
    Their share of labour, and their bread to gain. Dryden.

    When ice covered the water, the child bathed his legs; and when he began this custom, was puling and tender. John Locke.

    This puling whining harlot rules his reason,
    And prompts his zeal for Edward’s bastard brood. Nicholas Rowe.

ChatGPT

  1. pule

    Pule is a verb that refers to the act of crying or whining in a thin, feeble manner. It's often used to describe the way a child or infant might cry, particularly if they're doing so in a weak or somewhat irritating way.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Puleverb

    to cry like a chicken

  2. Puleverb

    to whimper; to whine, as a complaining child

  3. Etymology: [F. piauler; cf. L. pipilare, pipire, to peep, pip, chirp, and E. peep to chirp.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pule

    pūl, v.i. to pipe or chirp: to cry, whimper, or whine, like a child.—ns. Pū′ler; Pū′ling, the cry as of a chicken: a kind of whine.—adj. whimpering: whining.—adv. Pū′lingly. [From Fr. piauler; imit. like It. pigolare, L. pipilāre and pipāre, to pipe.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PULE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pule is ranked #42720 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pule surname appeared 507 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pule.

    38.4% or 195 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    31.3% or 159 total occurrences were Asian.
    14.7% or 75 total occurrences were White.
    13.2% or 67 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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  1. lupe

  2. pelu

  3. peul

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pule in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pule in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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