pungle (up)

verb

Definition of pungle (up)next
as in to fork (over, out, or up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pungle (up)
  1. hand out
  2. pay
  3. impart
  4. dish out
  5. issue
  6. benefit
  7. put up
  8. tender
Verb
  • Employees handed out free reusable bags and welcomed residents in for the first time.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Five trophies are handed out to women along with a grant to each honoree, a gift bestowed to their respective nonprofit organizations to help propel and support their work.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of hand out
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Businesses here are also trying to woo the sailors, with some putting up banners to welcome them.
    — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Washington will likely put up impressive numbers, but can the Terps run the ball and play physical football when needed?
    — Noah Trister, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of put up
Verb
  • 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
Definition of tender
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“Pungle (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pungle%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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