pun

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 See also 1.3 Verb 1.4 Anagrams 2 Croatian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Adjective 3 Romanian 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Verb 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: pŭn, IPA: /pʌn/, SAMPA: /pVn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

[edit] Noun

pun (plural puns)

1. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

[edit] Usage notes

Note: Because some puns are based on pronunciation, puns are more obvious when spoken aloud.

• This rock is gneiss, but don’t take it for granite (which reads (with a US accent) similarly to “This rock is nice, but don’t take it for granted”; “gneiss” and “granite” are both types of rock)

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:joke

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• antanaclasis
• paronomasia

[edit] Verb

to pun (third-person singular simple present puns, present participle punning, simple past and past participle punned)

1. To tell a pun, to make a play on words.

   We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: npu
• UPN

---

[edit] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From a Common Slavic poln

[edit] Adjective

pun

1. full

---

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [pun]

[edit] Verb

pun

1. first-person singular present tense form of pune.
2. first-person singular subjunctive form of pune.
3. third-person plural present tense form of pune.

---

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

pun m.

1. (onomatopoeia) The sound of discharging a firearm.
2. (onomatopoeia, vulgar) The sound of flatulence.