Definition of PINGLE

pingle

Meanings

Plural: pingles

Noun

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

Verb

  • To eat with a feeble appetite.
  • To dawdle.
  • To struggle; to work with great effort.
  • to bother or create work for.
  • To struggle or squabble.
  • To spoil
  • To make a light, ringing, percussive sound.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps from pin (“to impound”).

Scrabble Score: 9

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pingle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 0

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