PUNNED

PUN

pun

(verb) make a play on words; “Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

punned

simple past tense and past participle of pun

Source: Wiktionary


PUN

Pun, v. t. Etym: [See Pound to beat.]

Definition: To pound. [Obs.] He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. Shak.

Pun, n. Etym: [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.]

Definition: 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. A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. Walpole.

Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned; p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.]

Definition: To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble. Dryden.

Pun, v. t.

Definition: To persuade or affect by a pun. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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