PUN
\pˈʌn], \pˈʌn], \p_ˈʌ_n]\
Definitions of PUN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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To persuade or affect by a pun.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To play upon words similar in sound but different in meaning:-pr.p. punning; pa.t. and pa.p. punned.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A play upon words that are similar in sound but different in meaning.
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To persuade by a pun.
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To play upon words.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A play upon words that agree or resemble in sound, but differ in meaning, by applying them in an odd or ludicrous sense; a kind of wit by quibbling on words.
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To make or utter puns; to quibble on words.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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