Definitions from Wiktionary (pun)
▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”) [Senses referring to baked goods.]
▸ Also see pun
Homophonic puns in Standard Chinese,
one who makes puns,
easy at making puns,
opposite of puns,
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▸ verb: (transitive, obsolete) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.
▸ noun: A surname.
▸ noun: (Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”) [Senses referring to baked goods.]
▸ Also see pun
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