Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A dog of a medium-sized breed developed in Hungary to herd sheep, having a solid-colored coat of long hair that forms woolly cords.

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  • noun One of a breed of Hungarian sheepdog with a distinctive thick, corded coat.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hungarian.]

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From Hungarian

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Examples

  • This is a curry from south India where it is called puli sour kuzhambu.

    Archive 2005-06-01 Mika 2005

  • A white toy poodle named Walker who overcame his fear of big crowds won the toy group and a puli was a repeat winner among the herding bunch.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ben Walker 2010

  • Tonight Sadie plans to defeat such dogs as a whippet, a French bulldog and something called a puli (pictured above), which appears to be nothing more than some rope fashioned into the shape of a dog.

    the latest from teenvogue.com 2010

  • Tonight Sadie plans to defeat such dogs as a whippet, a French bulldog and something called a puli (pictured above), which appears to be nothing more than some rope fashioned into the shape of a dog.

    the latest from teenvogue.com 2010

  • A white toy poodle named Walker who overcame his fear of big crowds won the toy group and a puli was a repeat winner among the herding bunch.

    Fore, right! BEN WALKER 2010

  • Another source of Turkic terms in Hungarian are words such as the dog names "puli" and "komondor" and a few local dialect terms that derive from the Cuman language, which was spoken east of Budapest in the "Kun" regions until the mid 1700s.

    languagehat.com: PARADICSOM. 2005

  • Following the death of her only son, Puliyur Saroja, so named because she was as feisty as a 'puli' (tiger), now runs a school in Chennai in memory of her son.

    The Hindu - Front Page 2009

  • This shaggy dog story - seriously, it's practically a puli - jumps from Europe to America, involving fat men and giraffes before both characters' searches are over.

    Five books for Valentine's Day Yvonne Zipp 2011

  • This shaggy dog story - seriously, it's practically a puli - jumps from Europe to America, involving fat men and giraffes before both characters' searches are over.

    Five books for Valentine's Day Yvonne Zipp 2011

  • Otrzymaliśmy możliwość wyświetlania długich opisów, do 255 znaków, możliwość kontaktu z osobami z nowej puli długich numerów sieci GG, nowe statusy: "Chętny do rozmowy" oraz "Nie przeszkadzać", poprawiono wysyłanie obrazków i usługę wysyłania smsów do sieci Plus GSM.

    Kadu 0.6.5.4 - do pobrania GregKoval 2010

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  • A dog breed "brought into Hungary by Oriental nomads around the year 1000. It is very similar to the tibetan terrier," says Simon & Schuster's Guide to Dogs, 1980. "The puli is the smallest of the Hungarian sheepdogs... like a smaller version of the Komondor."

    February 21, 2007