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Pun Common

Pun has 6 different meanings across 3 categories:

Noun · Verb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a humorous play on words

"I do it for the pun of it"

"his constant punning irritated her"

2

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

"The tailor measured the buttonhole as two puns wide, which was far too narrow for such a large button."

3

Alternative form of bun: a Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

Verb
1

make a play on words

"Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

pun
2

To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

"The heavy cannonballs pounded against the castle walls until the stone began to crumble into dust."

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

"The famous comedian named Pun arrived at the awards ceremony dressed in a tuxedo to match his last name."

Example Sentences
"I do it for the pun of it" noun
"his constant punning irritated her" noun
"Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning" verb
See Also
equivalent word play punless paragram play on words gongorism punningly yang
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
fun joke
Rhyming Words
spun unspun topspun prespun ringspun overspun cytospun longspun finespun homespun hardspun handspun make pun roughspun underspun electrospun
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