Punkie Definition

puŋkē
punkies
noun

Biting midge.

Webster's New World

(US) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; the biting midge.

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Other Word Forms of Punkie

Noun

Singular:
punkie
Plural:
punkies

Origin of Punkie

  • Entered English via (New Amsterdam) Dutch; originally from an Munsee word like *pónkwes (the latter part of which is a diminutive suffix), to which the Dutch applied the diminutive suffix -je.

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Words Starting With

PPUPUN

Words Ending With

EIEKIE

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