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The definition of a pun is a joke making a play on words.

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An example of pun is saying that your calendar days are numbered.

See pun in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the use of a word, or of words which are formed or sounded alike, in such a way as to juxtapose, connect, or bring out two or more of the possible applications of the word or words, usually in a humorous way; a play on words

Origin: 17th-c. clipped form < ? It puntiglio, fine point, hence verbal quibble: see punctilio

intransitive verb punned, punning

to make a pun or puns

See pun in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

intransitive verb punned punned, pun·ning, puns

To make puns or a pun.

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punˈning·ly adverb

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