puling

From pule +‎ -ing.

puling

1. present participle and gerund of pule

From pule +‎ -ing.

puling (plural pulings)

1. A whining or whimpering.
   • c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :

     Leave this faint puling and lament as I do.

   • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Masques and Triumphs”, in The Essayes , 3rd edition, London: Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:

     Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings.

   • 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter XX, in Wuthering Heights: , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, , →OCLC:

     ‘None of that nonsense! We’re not going to hurt thee, Linton—isn’t that thy name? Thou art thy mother’s child, entirely! Where is my share in thee, puling chicken?’

   • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XII, in The History of Pendennis. , volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1849–1850, →OCLC:

     What glamour of infatuation was it which made that nonsense beautiful? One wonders that such puling and trash could ever have made one happy. And yet there were dates when you kissed those silly letters with rapture—lived upon six absurd lines for a week, and until the reactionary period came, when you were restless and miserable until you got a fresh supply of folly.

• mewling

• Pinglu, gulpin, plug in, plug-in, plugin

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puliŋ.

• Hyphenation: pu‧ling
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuliŋ/

púling

1. a foreign object in the eye

   Synonym: sungot

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puliŋ.

• Hyphenation: pu‧ling
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuliŋ/

puling

1. a foreign object in the eye