name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
pingle
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rhymes with -ɪŋɡəl
noun
Meaning 2
A small piece of enclosed ground.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
An onerous and difficult task; a hardship.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A small pot with a lid.
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verb
Meaning 5
To eat with a feeble appetite.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 6
To dawdle.
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Usage: UK, dialectal, intransitive
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verb
Meaning 7
To struggle; to work with great effort.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 8
to bother or create work for.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 9
To struggle or squabble.
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verb
Meaning 10
To spoil
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verb
Meaning 11
To make a light, ringing, percussive sound.
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History
Etymology
Two main origins: * Americanized spelling of German Pingel. * Borrowed from Marathi पिंगळे (piṅgḷe). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.
Perhaps from pin (“to impound”).
Onomatopoeic