EGAVE

pun

About 1.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. symbol Former ISO 639-3 language code for Pubian.
  2. verb To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
  3. verb To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
    We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
  4. 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.
    The pun is the lowest form of wit.
  5. noun Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”).
  6. noun A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

Similar words

wordplay jab game pin groaner bin joke semi disk plate

Often followed by

on intended in is and of that or upon

Word family

punned punning puns

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