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
  • They are traditionally handed out the night before the Oscars.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Cleveland Fed reported that several of its business contacts handed out pay raises owing to higher living costs, particularly for gasoline and electricity.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of handed out
Verb
  • The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, for example, has doled out billions of dollars since 2021 to local nonprofits trying to house people, including at least $25 million to the 1736 FCC.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Cubanski said the Medicare rebate payments were being doled out when Americans were feeling the bite of higher food, energy and gas prices.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of doled out
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  • The deal is reportedly worth $15 million a year, nearly four times what James is paid to play basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Among the city’s top 15 earners, 11 were police officers and supervisors — all paid more than $245,000 per year.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of paid
Verb
  • While some people deprioritized work and put up strict boundaries to protect their personal time, tech use data shows that many years later, working time has bled into every hour of every day.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Patriots put up a ton of points the past two weeks, but their offense couldn't do anything in Weeks 1-3.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of put up
Verb
  • The first round of October Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,181, will be issued today.
    — Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The weather service issued flood watches through Monday afternoon for a large swath of Utah, southeast Idaho, and northern and central Arizona, including the Grand Canyon.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of issued
Verb
  • McCuskey tendered his resignation to the LEC last week amid growing criticism over his handling of investigations.
    — Brenden Moore, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Now the question for the Heat becomes whether a similar deal tendered to Nikola Jovic will require contract gymnastics of their own down the line, with that extension kicking in this season.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of tendered
Verb
  • Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan offered an example of how higher oil prices could make voyages through Hormuz commercially worthwhile despite the dangers.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The shop says Molly is a fixture and offered her other options.
    — Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of offered
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  • And now there are secrets that are imparted during the rituals, like the secret of what the meaning of the motto is, and that sort of thing.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But even the most featherweight of the bunch (Pixel 11) still imparted the sense that everything might tip over.
    — Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of imparted
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