Pun
To pound.
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.
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.
To persuade or affect by a pun.
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Pun Quotations
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself.
Doug Larson
A pun is not bound by the laws which limit nicer wit. It is a pistol let off at the ear; not a feather to tickle the intellect.
Charles Lamb
I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
Camryn Manheim
In Men in Black, it was a very small character, no pun intended.
Verne Troyer
I think baseball - the baseball genre - is this mitt, to use a double pun there, to catch a whole bunch of themes.
Rachel Griffiths
For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
James Boswell
Putting your hands in the earth is very grounding, if you'll excuse the pun.
John Glover
A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
James Boswell
It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.
Bugs Baer
Pun Translations
pun in Dutch is woordspeling
pun in German is Wortspiel
pun in Spanish is juego de palabras
pun in Swedish is ordlek, vits
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