noun
- A humorous play on words.
- usage: "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"
- synonyms: pun, wordplay, paronomasia
verb
- Make a play on words.
- usage: "Japanese like to pun-their language is well suited to punning"
- synonyms: pun
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