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Meaning of puns

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

puns

Pronunciation:/pʌnz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

    Example: The pun is the lowest form of wit.

    Synonyms:paronomasiaplay on words

verb

Definitions

  1. To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

  2. To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

    Example: We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.