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.

A surname.

(Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”). [Senses referring to baked goods.]

(India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

verb

(intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

(transitive, obsolete) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

Synonyms for pun

wordplayn spoonerismn jestn quipn joken wisecrackn malapropismn japen alliterationn

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