pun
verbosubstantivosubstantivosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
- Estados Unidos//pʌn//
- Irlanda//pʊn//
To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
verbo
- 1
obsoletoTo beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.
- 2
To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
Etimologia
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.
substantivo
- 1
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.
The pun is the lowest form of wit.
"Certainly, my home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of Rears, and Vices, I saw enough. Now do not be suspecting me of a pun, I entreat."
substantivo
- 1
Variante de bunAlternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”).
Etimologia
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”).
substantivo
- 1
históricoA certain number of cowries, generally 80.
Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each.
Etimologia
From Hindi [Term?].
Formas
- plural
- puns
- pretérito
- punned
- particípio passado
- punned
- gerúndio
- punning
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- puns
pun · To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
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