meaning of pun

1. To pound.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
To persuade or affect by a pun.
5.
a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated ">her"


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