pun
noun /pʌn/
/pʌn/
- the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same
- We're banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended!
- pun on something The song's title is a pun on ‘sweet’ and ‘suite’.
WordfinderTopics Languagec2- caricature
- comedy
- funny
- joke
- parody
- pun
- sketch
- slapstick
- spoof
- take-off
Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’.