noun, verb
noun ~ (on sth) 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!
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verb (-nn-) [V] to make a pun
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for pun is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does pun appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — pun appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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