Definition of Pun. Meaning of Pun. Synonyms of Pun

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Definition of Pun

Pun
Pun Pun, v. t. [See Pound to beat.] To pound. [Obs.] He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. --Shak.
Pun
Pun Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned; p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.] 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. --Dryden.
Pun
Pun Pun, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun. --Addison.

Meaning of Pun from wikipedia

- A pun, also known as a paronomasia in the context of linguistics, is a form of word play that exploits multiple meanings of a term, or of similar-sounding...
- Look up pun, pu·n, Pun., pún, PUN, or PuN in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pun is a figure of speech that plays on words that are similar to each...
- (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground...
- Mahabir Pun (Nepali: महावीर पुन, pronounced [maːbir pun]) is a Nepali researcher, teacher, social entrepreneur and an activist known for his work in applying...
- Ressler, Karen (July 24, 2015). "Viz Media Licenses Inio Asano's Goodnight Pun Pun Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015...
- Dipprasad Pun, CGC (Nepali: दिपप्रसाद पुन, born 1979 or 1980) is a Nepalese sergeant of the Royal Gurkha Rifles (British Army), who was decorated with...
- The valley of Punial (Urdu: پونیال) is situated in Ghizer District in the Gilgit-Baltistan, ****stan, where hundreds of thousands of tourists visit annually...
- Puning (simplified Chinese: 普宁; traditional Chinese: 普寧; pinyin: Pǔníng; Teochew: Pou2 leng5), officially Puning City, is a county-level city located in...
- Lawrence Robert "Pun" Plamondon (April 27, 1945 – March 6, 2023) was an American activist, known for being a 1960s left-wing activist who helped found...
- A visual pun is a pun involving an image or images (in addition to or instead of language), often based on a rebus. Visual puns in which the image is at...