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Definition of Pun
1. Verb. Make a play on words. "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
2. Noun. A humorous play on words. "His constant punning irritated her"
Generic synonyms: Fun, Play, Sport
Derivative terms: Punster
Definition of Pun
1. v. t. To pound.
2. n. A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
3. v. i. To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
4. v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun.
Definition of Pun
1. Noun. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused. ¹
2. Verb. To tell a pun, to make a play on words. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pun
1. to make a pun (a play on words) [v PUNNED, PUNNING, PUNS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pun
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