pun
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or…A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
» What's your favorite pun?
Який твій улюблений жарт на гру слів? — deniko
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2 sensesA joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
The pun is the lowest form of wit.
Wortspiel, Kalauer
каламбу́рkalambúr, игра́ словigrá slov
(India, historical)A certain number of cowries, generally 80.
- a humorous play on words
Examples
37 sentencesWhat's your favorite pun?
Який твій улюблений жарт на гру слів? — deniko
That's a bad pun.
Це погана гра слів. — deniko
That's a very bad pun.
Це дуже поганий жарт. — deniko
Tom likes puns.
Том любить каламбури. — deniko
This is a pun.
Це гра слів. — deniko
ruЭто игра слов. — Ann74
deDas ist ein Wortspiel. — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beatFrom Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of “beating” the words into place.
From Hindi [Term?].
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Forms
plural: punsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a humorous play on words:punningwordplayparonomasia