PUNGLE (UP) Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

pungle (up)

verb

Definition of pungle (up)

as in to fork (over, out, or up)

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My interest came from learning folk songs, memorable stories passed down over the generations in an oral sense before the American music business cut it up and started handing out ownership of copyrights and publishing.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
The giveaway handed out 1,000 meals, 1,000 drinks and 2,000 buckets of emergency supplies.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of hand out

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Google will pay an additional $190 million to Entergy for transmission system upgrades needed to serve the project.

— Sydney Sasser, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
With consumers paying an average of $49,855 for new cars in July 2026, according to Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book, only nine major car brands averaged sale prices under $40,000 in the United States.

— Keith Laing, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of pay

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Serving in another field or capacity, pursuing a hobby or getting immersed in a new discipline or art, especially for those in creative spaces, can impart unique and valuable perspectives that inform one’s whole approach to work.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Arora expected the host galaxies to impart some irregularities on the streams, but the sheer number caught him off guard.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of impart

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This weekend, an extrordinary heat wave was set to dish out punishment from Arizona to Texas and up through parts of Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming and the Dakotas.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Dr Caleb Mentzer is a trauma surgeon who sees some of the worst injuries the mountains can dish out.

— Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026

Definition of dish out

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Solowin's Bahrain subsidiary is licensed to issue stablecoins, vital for agent transactions, as stablecoins see increasing adoption.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Talwani, the judge, quickly set dates for new hearings, and late Thursday night issued a temporary restraining order blocking key parts of the new rule for at least two weeks.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of issue

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On Tuesday local time, the US semiconductor sector faced a sharp sell-off, with chip and memory stocks that had previously benefited heavily from the AI surge leading the declines and pulling the broader market down.

— , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
So competition did not fail; utilities benefit too much from the status quo.

— Joshua Macey, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of benefit

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Can Linus Karlsson drive play and put up five-on-five offence against tougher competition?

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Following an executive order from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro that puts up limits around data center development throughout the Commonwealth, Allegheny County is considering ways to restrict where these centers can be built.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of put up

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That put the 21-year-old Swede in position to be in the right place at the right time with multiple teams interested in tendering him an offer sheet once the summer arrived.

— Chris Johnston, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
When the district’s bond council put the bonds up for tendering, about 40% of the bond holders wanted to tender their bonds, Kerkhove said.

— Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 25 Aug. 2026

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