English Explanatory Dictionary

Pringle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A place in the United States:
  3. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Georgia.
  4. A borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  5. A town in Custer County, South Dakota.
noun
  1. An individual potato snack of the Pringles brand.
verb
  1. To prickle or tingle.

Word forms

Pringle Pringles pringling pringled prinkle

Etymology

* (surname): Habitational, from a place near Stow Roxburghshire, formerly called Hop(p)ringle, from Middle English hop (“enclosed valley”) + a name of Old Norse origin composed of the byname Prjónn (“pin, peg”, cognate with English preen) + an unidentified second element. * (borough of Pennsylvania): Named in honor of Thomas Pringle. * (town in South Dakota): Started as a stage stop on the Sidney-Custer Trail, operated by Henry Pringle.

Derived words

single as a Pringle
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