noun / verb
pun
PUHN/pʌn/
A joke based on words with multiple meanings or similar sounds.
The drawing makes a pun by placing a dining fork at a fork in the road.
Etymology
The word’s origin is uncertain, but its early uses already concern playful double meanings or similar sounds. The evidence does not securely connect that wordplay to an older root.
In context
exist because of the pun. Next year, there's a movie coming out called "Monster Trucks" about trucks with monsters in them. So in other words, in your writing embrace the pun.
More examples
- He punned on her name.
- Several puns filled the poem.
- They are punning throughout the scene.
Forms
pun · puns · punned · punning
Similar words
- wordplay
- The broader use of language for wit.
- double entendre
- An expression with two meanings, often one suggestive.