Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pun \Pun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Punned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Punning}.]
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. --Dryden.
Source : WordNet®
pun
n : a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
constant punning irritated her" [syn: {punning}, {wordplay},
{paronomasia}]
[also: {punning}, {punned}]
pun
v : make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language
is well suited to punning"
[also: {punning}, {punned}]
punning
n : a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
constant punning irritated her" [syn: {pun}, {wordplay},
{paronomasia}]
punning
See {pun}