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pung en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Shortened form of tom-pung, from the same Algonquian etymon as toboggan.

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US) A low box-like sleigh designed to be pulled by one horse.
    • […] they all crowded into the big pung sleigh, among straw and furry robes. 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, page 213:

Forms

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pungs Number=Plur lexicographic

pung en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowed from Cantonese 碰 (pung³).

Meanings

  1. A set of three identical tiles.
  2. A call for forming such a set using a discarded tile.

Forms

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pungs Number=Plur lexicographic
pong alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

kong · chow

Synonyms

triplet · three-of-a-kind · pon

Translations (11)

pl pung (mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles) · ko 커쯔 (mahjong: a set of three identical tiles) · yue 刻子 (mahjong: a set of three identical tiles) · ko(mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles) · cmn 刻子 (mahjong: a set of three identical tiles) · yue(mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles) · ja(mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles) · pl pung (mahjong: a set of three identical tiles) · ja 刻子 (mahjong: a set of three identical tiles) · ja ポン (mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles) · cmn(mahjong: a call for a set of three identical tiles)

pung en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (Internet, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past) simple past and past participle of ping
    form of ping
    • The day I found this, I wrote a 10000 character message, accidentally DDoS'ed myself, and disguised an @everyone in the message, "haha get pung". 2021 March 16, Feed Supplier, “[Web Feed] Major Discord Security Issue”, in alt.privacy (Usenet):
    • And while you're being pinged (while you're being pung?), may I ask if you listened to this recent Science in Action on the World Service: […] 2016 June 5, Peter Percival, “Ping Kendal[l] Down”, in uk.religion.christian (Usenet):
    • After reconnecting the host computer back to the modem, before recycling, I "pung" and got "Destination host unreachable." After recycling, ##.##.40.1 "pung" okay. […] > I'm sorry, but I can't quite follow what you're doing. Between > the obfuscated IP's and the strange terms like "host's modem" > and "pung", I guess I'm easily distracted. […] as for "pung", I was just trying to be funny ("pung" = "pinged" P=). 2009 September 17, Kaimbridge, “Belkin F5D7234-4 Router Sporadically Connected?”, in alt.internet.wireless (Usenet):
    • Consider me pung! 2012 May 4, Meg Worley, “Ping: Meg Worley”, in ba.food (Usenet):
    • Like in to ring? So ping would be ping pang pung? We tried to ping him. We pang him. He has been pung. Hmmm. Like the sound of that. [2009 December 28, Nico Coesel, “Info on heritage Nallatech board?”, in comp.arch.fpga (Usenet):