puling

English

Etymology 1

From pule + -ing.

Verb

puling

1. present participle and gerund of pule

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

English pule

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-gō

Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English puling

From pule + -ing.

Noun

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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:

     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.

Synonyms

• mewling

Anagrams

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

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puliŋ. Compare Tagalog puwing.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈpuliŋ/ [ˈpuː.l̪ɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -uliŋ
• Syllabification: pu‧ling

Noun

púling (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. foreign object in the eye

Verb

púling (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜅ᜔)

1. to have a foreign object in the eye

Conjugation

Conjugation for puling (ma- )

affix		ma-
root word		puling
trigger		actor
aspect
infinitive		mapuling
past/present inchoative		napuling
future/habitual inchoative		mapuling

Conjugation for puling (maka- )

affix		maka-
root word		puling
trigger		actor
aspect
infinitive		makapuling
past/present inchoative		nakapuling
future/habitual inchoative		makapuling

Derived terms

• puling sa mata

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puliŋ.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ling
• IPA^(key): /ˈpuliŋ/ [ˈpu.l̪iŋ]

Noun

púling

1. a foreign object in the eye

   Synonym: sungot

Derived terms

• magpuling
• makapuling
• mapuling
• pulingon