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US
/ˈpən/
]
[ UK /pˈʌn/ ]
[ UK /pˈʌn/ ]
NOUN
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a humorous play on words
I do it for the pun of it
his constant punning irritated her
VERB
-
make a play on words
Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning
How To Use pun In A Sentence
- As he ran past, the arquebusier shouted something about Susanoo, the kami of storms, and how he was punishing them for their arrogance. Blood Ninja II
- The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub. The Sun
- The new Ford Mustang has a lot of punch.
- It's different now, there are a few more pundits and a lot of faceless people out there on social media who all have an opinion. The Sun
- Ballymaloe take a more seasonal approach to things by using redcurrant rather than lemon juice, made by simmering a couple of punnets of the astringent little fruits with water, and then pushing them through a sieve. How to make perfect strawberry jam
- While a video screen adds a few visual puns, it seems almost an afterthought. Times, Sunday Times
- Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish ---- only bless. (Arthur Schnabel , Austrian pianist.
- Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you ; music cannotpunish ---- only bless.
- I blame it all on becca who called me in the middle of the night to talk to me all about how the two best friends names are Kate and Becca and that the main character lives in apartment 601 as my address and other kooky details that i have been trying to forget nightly since i saw that movie, And then every sound is that kid coming out of the television and im only writing about it now in order to expunge as i fear she will grab hold of my foot from under the desk and eat me or turn me into something decomposing or whatever it is she does. I-claudius Diary Entry
- And the moral murder of my child is to be my punishment for daring to turn a deaf ear to the indign passion of a brute! The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel