pun

pun is a 3-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To pound. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 8 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To pound.
2. noun. A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
3. intransitive verb. 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.
4. transitive verb. To persuade or affect by a pun.
5. noun. a humorous play on words

   "I do it for the pun of it"

   "his constant punning irritated her"

   Synonyms: paronomasia, punning, wordplay

6. verb. make a play on words

   "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

Synonyms

paronomasia, punning, wordplay

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in pun:

unp

Common word forms

puns, punned, punner, punless, punning

Words from these letters

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