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Word entry · 3 letters

pun

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"Wordplay"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /pʌn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted npuStarts with PEnds with N3 cluesCommon crossword word
1P2U3N

Definitions

  1. make a play on words

Word origin

From 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.

Used in a sentence

  • He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.
  • We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
  • The pun is the lowest form of wit.

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

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02Groan-worthy joke3 letters
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