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1. (n.) pun
the 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.
2. pun
a word or phrase used in this way.
3. (v.i.) pun
to make puns.
Etymology: (1655–65; perh. identical with pun, var., now dial., of pound1, i.e., to mistreat (words))
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1. (verb) pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia
a humorous play on words
"I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
2. (verb) pun
make a play on words
"Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
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1. (noun) pun
a word or phrase that can be understood in two ways
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) PUN
a play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation
2. (verb) PUN
to pound
3. (verb) PUN
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
4. (verb) PUN
to persuade or affect by a pun
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Sense: a type of joke in which words are used that have a similar sound, but a different meaning
One example of a pun would be `A pun is a punishable offence'.
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 Afrikaans: dubbelsinnigheid |
 Arabic: تَوْرِيَه، تَلاعُب جِناسي |
 Bulgarian: игра на думи |
 Brazilian: trocadilho |
 Czech: slovní hříčka |
 German: das Wortspiel |
 Danish: ordspil |
 Greek: λογοπαίγνιο |
 Spanish: juego de palabras, retrué |
 Estonian: sõnamäng |
 Farsi: جناس |
 Finnish: sanaleikki |
 French: calembour |
 Hebrew: מִשחָק מִילִים |
 Hindi: श्लेष |
 Hungarian: szójáték |
 Indonesian: permainan kata |
 Icelandic: orðaleikur |
 Italian: (gioco di parole) |
 Japanese: ごろ合わせ |
 Korean: (동음이의어(同音異義語)를 이용한) 말장난 |
 Lithuanian: kalambūras |
 Latvian: kalambūrs, vārdu spēle |
 Malay: main kata-kata |
 Dutch: woordspeling |
 Norwegian: ordspill/-lek |
 Polish: kalambur |
 Persian: جناس |
 Pashto: جناس |
 Portuguese: trocadilho |
 Romanian: calambur, joc de cuvinte |
 Russian: каламбур |
 Slovak: slovná hračka |
 Slovenian: besedna igra |
 Serbian: igra rečima |
 Swedish: ordlek |
 Thai: การเล่นสำนวน หรือเล่นคำ |
 Turkish: cinas, kelime oyunu |
 Taiwanese: 雙關語 |
 Ukrainian: каламбур; гра слів |
 Urdu: ذو معني لفظ |
 Vietnamese: sự chơi chữ |
 Chinese: 双关语 |
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