pun
Meaning of pun
noun
- 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 pun is the lowest form of wit.
- To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
noun
A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
Information about pun
- The plural form of pun is: puns.
- Languages in which pun is used:
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Hyphenation of pun
pun
- It consists of 1 syllables and 3 chars.
- pun is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
pun synonyms
Meaning punning:
punning, wordplay, paronomasia
Translation of pun
- French: calembour
- German: Kalauer
- Portuguese: paranomásia
- Italian: paronomasia
Anagrams of pun
Words that rhyme with pun
bepun, Ashippun, spun, finespun, homespun, wirespun, longspun, unspun, electrospun, overspun, Waupun
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