name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pung
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/pʌŋ/
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rhymes with -ʌŋ
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CMU ARPABET: P AH1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 3
A set of three identical tiles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: triplet, three-of-a-kind
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: board-games, games, mahjong
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pon
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
simple past and past participle of ping
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
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noun
Meaning 6
a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sled, sledge, sleigh
History
Etymology
Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.
Borrowed from Cantonese 碰 (pung3).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 刻子 (haak1 zi2) — mahjong: a set of three identical tiles
- Chinese Mandarin: 刻子 (kèzǐ) — mahjong: a set of three identical tiles
- Japanese: 刻子 (kōtsu) — mahjong: a set of three identical tiles
- Korean: 커쯔 (keojjeu) — mahjong: a set of three identical tiles
- Polish: pung — mahjong: a set of three identical tiles
- Chinese Cantonese: 碰 (pung3) — mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles
- Chinese Mandarin: 碰 (pèng) — mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles
- Japanese: ポン (pon) — mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles
- Japanese: 碰 (pon) — mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles
- Korean: 펑 (peong) — mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles
- Polish: pung — mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles