'Pun' definitions:
Definition of 'pun'
From: WordNet
noun
A humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia]
verb
Make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
Definition of 'Pun'
From: GCIDE
- Pun \Pun\, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pun'
From: GCIDE
- Pun \Pun\, v. t. [See Pound to beat.] To pound. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pun'
From: GCIDE
- Pun \Pun\, n. [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.] 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. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pun'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'pun'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse of terms,
- acrostic,
- alliterate,
- alliteration,
- ambiguity,
- amphibologism,
- amphibology,
- amphiboly,
- anagram,
- assonance,
- assonate,
- be merry with,
- calembour,
- chime,
- clink,
- corruption,
- counterword,
- crack a joke,
- crack wise,
- double entendre,
- equivocal,
- equivocality,
- equivocation,
- equivoque,
- fleer at,
- fun,
- gibe at,
- jape,
- jest,
- jeu de mots,
- jingle,
- joke,
- josh,
- kid,
- kid around,
- logogram,
- logogriph,
- make a funny,
- make fun,
- make fun of,
- malapropism,
- metagram,
- missaying,
- mock,
- near rhyme,
- palindrome,
- paronomasia,
- play on words,
- poke fun at,
- polysemant,
- portmanteau word,
- punning,
- quip,
- rhyme,
- ridicule,
- scintillate,
- scoff at,
- slant rhyme,
- sparkle,
- spoonerism,
- squinting construction,
- utter a mot,
- weasel word,
- wisecrack,
- wordplay