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| pung | (n) a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners |
| pungapung | (n) putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber, Syn. Amorphophallus paeonifolius, telingo potato, Amorphophallus campanulatus, elephant yam |
| pungency | (n) wit having a sharp and caustic quality, Syn. bite, Example: he commented with typical pungency; the bite of satire |
| pungency | (n) a strong odor or taste property, Syn. bite, raciness, sharpness, Example: the pungency of mustard; the sulfurous bite of garlic; the sharpness of strange spices; the raciness of the wine |
| pungent | (adj) strong and sharp, Syn. acrid, Example: the pungent taste of radishes; the acrid smell of burning rubber |
| pungently | (adv) with pungency; in a pungent manner, Example: he wrote pungently about his contemporaries |
| pungently | (adv) with a pungent taste or smell, Example: the soup was pungently flavored |
| Pung | n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A kind of plain sleigh drawn by one horse; originally, a rude oblong box on runners. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Sledges or pungs, coarsely framed of split saplings, and surmounted with a large crockery crate. Judd. [ 1913 Webster ] They did not take out the pungs to-day. E. E. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pungence | n. [ See Pungent. ] Pungency. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pungency | n. The quality or state of being pungent or piercing; keenness; sharpness; piquancy; |
| Pungent | a. [ L. pungens, -entis, p. pr. of pungere, punctum, to prick. Cf. Compunction, Expunge, Poignant, Point, n., Puncheon, Punctilio, Punt, v. t. ] Pungent radish biting infant's tongue. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ] The pungent grains of titillating dust. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] With pungent pains on every side. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] His pungent pen played its part in rousing the nation. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pungently | adv. In a pungent manner; sharply. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pungled | a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Pungy | n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A small sloop or shallop, or a large boat with sails. [ 1913 Webster ] |
