Pun

What do we mean by pun?

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. noun

To make puns or a pun. intransitive verb

To beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder.

To make puns.

To affect by a pun.

A copper coin of Bengal, of the value of 80 cowries. noun

An abbreviation of puncheon. noun

An expression in which the use of a word in two different applications, or the use of two different words pronounced alike or nearly alike, presents an odd or ludicrous idea; a play on words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but differ in meaning; a kind of verbal quibble. noun

Synonyms Pun, Paronomasia, Assonance. Pun and paronomasia are often confounded, but are in strictness distinct in form and effect. A pun is a play upon two senses of the same word or sound, and its effect is to excite a sense of the ludicrous: as noun

Hence modern taste excludes puns from serious writing and speaking. Paronomasia is rather the use of words that are nearly but not quite alike in sound, and it heightens the effect of what is said withot suggesting the ludicrous: as, “Per angusta ad augusta”; “And catch with his surcease success,” noun

As in these examples, it is most likely to be used where the words thus near in sound are far apart in meaning. It is very common in the original languages of the Bible, especially in the Old Testament, as in Isa. v. 7. An attempt to imitate it may be found in Mat. xxi. 41, revised version. Assonance is the bare fact of resemblance of sound, being generally accidental, and in the majority of cases disagreeable to the ear: as, unfold old truths, our power, if of, is as, and Andrew drew, the then condition. For the technical meaning of assonance, see def. 2 under that word. noun

To pound. transitive verb

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. noun

To persuade or affect by a pun. transitive verb

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. intransitive verb

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. noun

To make or tell a pun; make a play on words. verb

To beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder. verb

Make a play on words verb

A humorous play on words noun

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

Words that are spelled similarly to pun:
pun.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word pun:
scratchy, itchy, synopsis, puns, slang, ying, phrase, sai, pronunciation, word, meanings, joke, referring, translates, pronounced, meaning, fat, bugs, cartoon, similarity, parody, slogan, literally, surname, sounds, verb, hong, nickname, means, kong, rapper, intended, name, reference, words, voiced, nepal, rap, expression, poem, mean, japanese, translation, episode, refers, hebrew, logo.

Words that rhyme with pun:
run, one, gun, fun, than, sun, ton, shun, bun, dun, done, overrun, none, son, un, won, been, stun, spun, outrun, everyone, rerun, nun, outdone, anyone, someone, hun, home run, shotgun, undone, tonne, donne, homespun, jun, handgun, lun, dunn, mun, homerun, redone, begun, stepson, gunn, one by one, chun, dunne, brun, overdone, grandson, honey bun, bon ton, yun, dry run, kun, thun, c1, long run, blowgun, midnight sun, bunn, chicken run, zip gun, won ton, cinnamon bun, outgun, nunn, m1, lunn, hired gun, loved one, number one, end run, metric ton, grun, hyun, bull run, machine gun, erven, munn, gatling gun, huhn, hot cross bun, sticky bun, long ton, air gun, short ton, cross bun, in the long run, make fun, bank run, tommy gun, ski run, favorite son, stdin, spray gun, poke fun, submachine gun, brunn, burp gun, sally lunn.

Adjectives that are often used to describe pun:
bad, visual, good, obvious, untranslatable, double, sexual, poor, clever, possible, bilingual, latin, unintentional, verbal, mere, wretched, elaborate, unintended, famous, atrocious, terrible, simple, deliberate, best, triple, similar, silly, feeble, vile, etymological, greek, ironic, awful, unconscious, french, english, outrageous, intentional, weak, musical, nice, serious, obscene, bitter, complex, horrible, bawdy, subtle, witty, extended, execrable, typical, german, intended, senseless, miserable, neat, grim, popular, occasional, dreadful, usual, perfect, familiar, excellent, pictorial, classical, elizabethan, implied, crude, characteristic, inevitable, linguistic, heraldic, inadvertent, italian, worst, cheap, happy, ten, ingenious, multiple, stupid, implicit.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective pun:
note, jab, divinity, making, naks, notes, maggot, american, lee, ishment, bill, manufactories, css, lease, makers, ica, shoo, ster, jawb, qua, ctuation, pieces, tih, cheung, paper, monastery, gency, proverbia.

Consonant match to pun:
pine, pan, pin, pen, pain, pawn, pane, poon, penne, penn, paine, pon, payne, panne, penh, pyne, peine, pinn, paign.

Words that sound like pun:
pun, pen, pin, penn, penne, pinn, penh, pinne, pyn, pain, pan, pine, pawn, pane, pon, poon, payne, paine, pum, peen, poen, pean, pene, paun, pung, pein, paan, pyne, pien, peine, pagne, panne, pann, payn, bun, bunn, ping, peng, pem, pim, pimm, pym, been, open, ben, bin, palm, pong, pam, pom, peon, pang, pian, pome, pany, pron, poam, benn, paean, appen, poom, pln, pomme, prn, benne, pime, apen, pern, pame, binn, palme, ppa, piem, peahen, behn, payan, peem, byn, ipen, pman, baen, payen, panay, poum, behne, epon, bihn, ipon, polm, pirn, epin, pomb, pqn, paum, pamm, powen, p-a, paaa, paume, paien.