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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pun /pʌn/USA pronunciation n., v., punned, pun•ning. n. [countable] - Rhetoricthe humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications;
the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning;
a play on words.
v. [no object] - Rhetoricto make puns.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pun (pun),USA pronunciation n., v., punned, pun•ning. n. - Rhetoricthe humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but different in meaning;
a play on words. - Rhetoricthe word or phrase used in this way.
v.i. - Rhetoricto make puns.
- perh. special use of pun, variant (now dialect, dialectal) of pound1, i.e., to mistreat (words) 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pun /pʌn/ n - the use of words or phrases to exploit ambiguities and innuendoes in their meaning, usually for humorous effect; a play on words. An example is: "Ben Battle was a soldier bold, And used to war's alarms: But a cannonball took off his legs, So he laid down his arms." (Thomas Hood)
vb (puns, punning, punned)- (intransitive) to make puns
Etymology: 17th Century: possibly from Italian puntiglio point of detail, wordplay; see punctilio pun /pʌn/ vb (puns, punning, punned)- (transitive) Brit to pack (earth, rubble, etc) by pounding
Etymology: 16th Century: dialectal variant of pound1 |