The Meaning of pun

• (v. t.) To pound.
• (n.) 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.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun.

Synonyms

punning , wordplay , paronomasia

Rhymes

anyone , been , begun , blowgun , bruhn , brun , brunn , bun , bunn , byun , c1 , chun , chunn , done , donne , dun , dunn , dunne , erven , everyone , fun , grandson , gruhn , grun , gun , gunn , handgun , homerun , homespun , huhn , hun , hunn , hyun , kun , lajeune , luhn , lun , lunn , m1 , mcfun , mcmunn , mun , munn , none , nuhn , nun , nunn , one , outdone , outgun , outrun , overdone , overrun , puget-1 , rerun , run , shotgun , shun , simeone , someone , son , spun , stepson , stun , sun , terrebonne , than , thrun , thun , ton , tonne , un , undone , won , youn , yun