PUNGLING (UP) Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

pungling (up)

verb

present participle of pungle (up)

as in handing out

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Adults can share the duties of handing out snacks and keeping kids entertained.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2026
This entails handing out thousands of patronage jobs to rabbis, bureaucrats, undertakers, and inspectors.

— Bernard Avishai, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of handing out

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The Dodgers, to their credit, have built a great team—not only by doling out huge salaries but by building an élite development program.

— Diego Lasarte, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
Online, influencers in the looksmaxxing space have leveraged other men's insecurities to enormous fame while doling out aesthetic advice with little, if any, credentials.

— Charles Trepany, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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According to Bloomberg, Walter is now shopping around private deals that offer double-digit yields, putting up his own personal stake in his asset management firm as collateral.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026
Existing fantasy soccer fans are used to putting up with these headaches, but the WSL isn’t only trying to appeal to them.

— Dominic Preston, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of putting up

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The company got going initially as an online retailer offering customers a 3D feature to try on the glasses virtually.

— Anu Raghunathan, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Upper West Market is an indoor farmers market that opened in August in Atlanta’s Underwood Hills neighborhood with a variety of vendors offering fresh produce, local meat, pantry goods and homeware.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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