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pung

/pʌŋ/

pung noun: a low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse. Also the simple past and past participle of ping.

Noun (1)

pung (plural pungs)

  1. (Canada, US) A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
    • […] they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes.1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, page 213

Noun (2)

pung (plural pungs)

  1. A set of three identical tiles.
  2. A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.
    Synonyms:
    pon

Proper noun capitalized: Pung

Pung (plural Pungs)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

pung is also the simple past and past participle of ping.

Synonyms of pung

Forms of pung

Noun
pluralpungs
alternative formpong
Proper noun
pluralPungs

Origin of pung

Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.

Borrowed from Cantonese 碰 (pung³).

Words that rhyme with pung

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Questions about pung

What does pung mean?
Pung means a low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
What part of speech is pung?
Pung can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pung?
Pung is pronounced /pʌŋ/.
What is the plural of pung?
The plural of pung is pungs.

Words near pung in the dictionary

  1. Puneet
  2. Punekar
  3. Punekars
  4. punese
  5. puneses
  6. pung
  7. Pung-ol-Sibugay
  8. punga
  9. pungapung
  10. pungas
  11. Pungayan

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