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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a humorous play on words;
- Example: "I do it for the pun of it"
- Example: "his constant punning irritated her"
[syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

punning n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia]