pungle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish póngale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʌŋ.ɡəl/

Verb

pungle (third-person singular simple present pungles, present participle pungling, simple past and past participle pungled)

1. (Southwestern US, regional) To pay or hand over; to shell out
   • 1858, Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine‎^[1], volume 3, page 379:

     I want my dues and must have them — wont be put off any longer — so "pungle down," and oblige

   • 1877, Dan de Quille, History of the Big Bonanza‎^[2]:

     They have kicked the bully Miner ; they have ducked him in the ditch, but they can't make him pungle.

   • 1903, Peter Robertson, The seedy gentleman‎^[3], page 227:

     The clever fakir is all through our life; but I can imagine the keen enjoyment it must be to those fellows who gather crows on street corners—for they have brains—to watch the simple, open-mouthed gull pungle up his money, and buy his valueless stuff.

   • 1999, Meredith L. Clausen, Pietro Belluschi: Modern American Architect‎^[4], page 183:

     "The published sketch of the exterior of the proposed new Marion County Courthouse is a distinct disappointment to taxpayers pungling up the tax money for its construction," a second editorial read.

Anagrams

• plunge