pun (n.)

  1. a humorous play on words; I do it for the pun of it; his constant punning irritated her

    [ Syn: punning , wordplay , paronomasia ]

    pun (v.)

  1. make a play on words; Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning'

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