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Syllabification: (pun)

Pronunciation: /pən/

Definition of pun

a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings:the pigs were a squeal (if you’ll forgive the pun)

[no object]

make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word:his first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like “Handel with care” and “Haydn go seek” (as adjective punning)a punning riddle

Derivatives

mid 17th century: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio

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