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pingle

The English word “pingle” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small piece of enclosed ground.
  2. An onerous and difficult task; a hardship.
  3. A small pot with a lid.

verb

  1. To eat with a feeble appetite.
  2. To dawdle.
  3. To struggle; to work with great effort.
  4. to bother or create work for.
  5. To struggle or squabble.
  6. To spoil
  7. To make a light, ringing, percussive sound.

Etymology

Perhaps from pin (“to impound”).

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