Pun definitions
A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.
noun
To make a pun or puns.
verb
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.
noun
To make or tell a pun; make a play on words.
We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
verb
The definition of a pun is a joke making a play on words.
An example of pun is saying that your calendar days are numbered.
noun
To make puns or a pun.
verb
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.
noun
Origin of pun
From Middle English *punen, from Old English punian, pÅ«nian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind"), from Proto-Germanic *punÅnÄ… (“to break to pieces, pulverise"). More at pound.