Pun

Quick meaning: Pun is a verb meaning (transitive, obsolete) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
2. (Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”).
3. (India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.
4. 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.

Example Sentences

The pun is the lowest form of wit.

He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.

We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each.

Word Forms

• puns
• punning
• punned
• pund

Synonyms for pun

Depending on context, synonyms include paronomasia, wordplay, punning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wordplay, jab, game, pin, groaner, bin.

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