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- [puhng]
- /pʌŋ/
- /ˈpəŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [puhng]
- /pʌŋ/
Definitions of pung word
- noun pung a sleigh with a boxlike body. 1
- noun pung a horse-drawn sleigh with a boxlike body on runners 0
- noun pung a boxlike sleigh drawn by one horse 0
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Origin of pung
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
1815-25, Americanism; short for tom-pung, ultimately < the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan
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Parts of speech for Pung
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pung popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 53% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
pung usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with pung
- yong pung how?