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Definitions of pun
  1. noun
    a humorous play on words
    "I do it for the pun of it" "his constant punning irritated her"
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  2. verb
    make a play on words
    "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
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Definition that contains pun
  • music punishment for one's actions
  • example punishment intended as a warning to others
  • correct punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
  • medicine punishment for one's actions
  • lesson punishment intended as a warning to others
  • discipline punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience
  • pepper pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
  • ginger pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery
  • brutal punishingly harsh
  • mustard pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds
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