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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
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