pun
/pʌn/noun, verb1 syllable
Pun means: a humorous play on words.
Synonyms for pun4
noun, as in a humorous play on words
What does pun mean?2
noun
1
a humorous play on words“I do it for the pun of it”
verb
1
make a play on words“Japanese like to pun — their language is well suited to punning”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with pun?24
Pun in a sentence
- Although it seems impossible to translate this pun, many people try!carlosalberto
- There were puns in the holy writings, and they got lost in translation.nonong
- Puns are very hard, if not impossible, to translate.mailohilohi
- The sentence contained a pun that couldn't be translated.carlosalberto
- How do movie translators manage to translate puns?espamatics
- The trick to making puns is knowing there are no good ones.shekitten
- A friend learning French is having trouble with all the puns in this game.unknown
- That is a very bad pun.mailohilohi
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of pun
as a noun
- plural
- puns
as a verb
- past tense
- punned
- present participle
- punning
- third-person singular
- puns
- past participle
- punned