Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

punge

/pʌnd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: punge
IPA: /pʌnd͡ʒ/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pierce, prick, puncture.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungerelbor. English punge Learned borrowing from Latin pungere.

Usage

Inflected Forms

punges (present, singular) punging (participle, present) punged (participle, past) punged (past)

Homonyms

ponge

Rhymes With

glunge hundge flunge

Questions

How do you pronounce punge?: The recorded pronunciation is /pʌnd͡ʒ/.
What does punge mean?: To pierce, prick, puncture.
Where does punge come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungerelbor. English punge Learned borrowing from Latin pungere.

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