PUGIL

Definition: PUGIL

PUGIL

Noun

1. As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Pugil \Pu"gil\, noun. [Latin expression pugillus, pugillum, handful, akin to pugnus the fist.]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: PUGIL

Etymologies containing "PUGIL": Pugilist. (references)

Non-English Usage: "PUGIL" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (boxer, pugilist).

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The Marines are looking for a few good men -- to beat each other to death with pugil sticks. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Derivations
	Words beginning with "PUGIL": pugilism, pugilisms, pugilist, pugilistic, pugilists. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "PUGIL" (pronounced 'Pu"gil'): Argil, Gargil, Suggil. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "g-i-l-p-u"
	-1 letter: gulp, iglu, plug, puli.
	-2 letters: gip, gul, lip, lug, pig, piu, pug, pul.
	-3 letters: li, pi, up.
	Words containing the letters "g-i-l-p-u"
	+1 letter: puling.
	+2 letters: gulpier, gulping, louping, lumping, pluming, pudgily, pulings, pulling, pulping, pulsing, purling, upfling, uplight.
	+3 letters: clumping, coupling, cupeling, dumpling, epilogue, fireplug, flumping, glumpier, glumpily, grumpily, gulpiest, plaguily, plaguing, plucking, plugging, plumbing, plumping, plunging, plunking, puddling, pugilism, pugilist, pulingly, pungling, pupilage, purfling, purpling, puzzling, rumpling, sculping, slumping, slurping, suppling, unpiling, upflings, uplights, uppiling.
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