Pun
nounpən
Noun
a humorous play on words
“I do it for the pun of it”
“his constant punning irritated her”
Similar:ParonomasiaPunningWordplayType of:FunPlaySport
Verb
make a play on words
“Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning”
Type of:JestJoke
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Paronomasia
- Punning
- Wordplay
- Punster