Associations to the word «Pun»
Wiktionary
PUN, verb. (transitive) To beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder.
PUN, noun. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.
PUN, verb. To make or tell a pun; make a play on words.
Dictionary definition
PUN, noun. A humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her".
PUN, verb. Make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.