pungled (up)

verb

past tense of pungle (up)
as in forked (over, out, or up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pungled (up)
  1. handed out
  2. doled out
  3. paid
  4. put up
  5. issued
  6. tendered
  7. offered
  8. imparted
Verb
  • The singer ordered 30 pizzas to be delivered to the line of fans outside New York City’s Central Park, handed out by members of her team — including her dad!
    — Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Teen and young adult volunteers handed out water bottles, staffed information booths and hyped up the crowd.
    — Shivika Verma, Mercury News, 6 July 2026
Definition of handed out
Verb
  • Like any good Sheridan show, gratuitous violence and clichéd wisdom are doled out with abandon, the spoonful of sugar to help the medicine—in this case ranching gone awry—go down.
    — Alex Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill gave about $10 billion to NASA to be doled out over six years, but much of those funds are earmarked for specific purposes.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
Definition of doled out
Verb
  • Pimentel’s analysis does factor in gratuities which are paid to roles that support guest services, such as cabin stewards, waiters in the dining room and others.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • Small businesses often struggle with diverse operational demands like bookkeeping, payroll and marketing, lacking resources and economies of scale for in-house specialists or paid third party services.
    — Rob Falzon, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of paid
Verb
  • Fox and Telemundo’s respective abilities to put up huge audience numbers during the 2026 World Cup naturally draws the interest of other bidders around the 2030 and 2034 events.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Sutton, a rookie forward who went undrafted out of LSU, continued to impress after putting up 16 points and seven rebounds in Sunday’s win over Golden State Warriors Blue.
    — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of put up
Verb
  • The pre-teen was pronounced dead at the scene, and an alert was issued to locate his father, who was located in his vehicle by Connecticut State Police troopers and turned over to the Branford Police Department, per the release.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • The city, county and state all issued local emergency declarations in the days following the fire.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 8 July 2026
Definition of issued
Verb
  • The Flyers tendered the five-year, $90-million offer sheet to Carlsson on Friday, which would require four of the Flyers’ first-round draft picks in each of the next four seasons as compensation.
    — Dan Gelston, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • On Friday, the Philadelphia Flyers tendered a five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Anaheim Ducks forward Leo Carlsson.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 3 July 2026
Definition of tendered
Verb
  • The memorial grounds offered the rabbi a new form of connection with her child.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • News crews, Venezuelan officials and nearby residents were drawn to a remarkable scene that offered a glimmer of hope amid the country’s otherwise dystopian tableau.
    — Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Definition of offered
Verb
  • The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • The game changer was a move to fermentation in stainless-steel tanks or neutral wood barrels, which imparted fewer oak characteristics to the wines.
    — Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 26 June 2026
Definition of imparted
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