Pung

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pung¹

  • /pʌŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌŋ

Where it comes from

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

noun 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.

pung²

  • /pʌŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌŋ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Cantonese 碰 (pung³).

noun pungs · pong

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

pung³

  • /pʌŋ/

Rhymes with -ʌŋ

verb

  1. Internet, nonstandard, participle, past simple past and past participle of ping After reconnecting the host computer back to the modem, before recycling, I "pung" and got "Destination host unreachable." After recycling, ##.##.40.1 "pung" okay. […] > I'm sorry, but I can't quite follow what you're doing. Between > the obfuscated IP's and the strange terms like "host's modem" > a

Pung⁴

proper noun Pungs

  1. A surname.

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