pun in English

noun
1
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
the pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun)
verb
1
make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
his first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like “Handel with care” and “Haydn go seek”

Use "pun" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "pun" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "pun", or refer to the context using the word "pun" in the English Dictionary.

1. Classic pun.

2. There are two kinds of puns, phonetic pun and semantic pun.

3. No pun intended.

4. Oh, how he could pun.

5. The audience groaned at his pun.

6. He who would pun would pick a pocket.

7. As for a pun itself, it is almost untranslatable.

8. He would pun you into shivers with his fist.

9. What are another words for Amphibiology? Innuendo, pun, balderdash

10. However, whichever way it takes, pun interpretation creates extra contextual effects, enhances message memorability and gives the audience intellectual pleasure from solving the pun.

11. Chunk's name is a pun on him being Chunky

12. I love pun and the relation to the unconscious.

13. Reuschel carries considerable weight in the Assembly, no pun intended.

14. Pickin' on the Pun go Bluegrass festival - Belhaven, NC - www.ArtsOfThePamlico.org

15. We're banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended!

16. He is a master of the pun and the double entendre.

17. The pun is a common rhetorical device in both Chinese and English.

18. There was, no pun intended, a wealth of material to draw from.

19. The Buckthorns have their roots (pun intended) in performances that began in 1994

20. Kalimat Bismillah merupakan kalimat yang digunakan oleh para nabi sebelum melakukan apa pun.

21. The whole Boner thing seems to be a pretty straightforward process (pun intended)

22. St. Agro's name was a pun on the team's home town, St Agnes

23. To what extent can the WIL project facilitate the urban renewal in Pun?

24. Okay, but, uh, I will tell you she's got a killer bod, pun intended.

25. 27 To what extent can the WIL project facilitate the urban renewal in Pun?

26. David Pun, Prosmart's Business Development Director as the Seminar's master of ceremonies welcoming the participants.

27. "The Beatniks" is a kind of late 1950s fairy tale (no pun intended)

28. Synonyms for Amphibology include pun, quip, equivoque, paronomasia, witticism, calembour, innuendo, wordplay, carriwitchet and clench

29. "Pardon the pun, but we were all in the same boat," said Navy lieutenant Green.

30. Blunder Party - The title of this episode is a pun of "slumber party"

31. Left-Brained people are right at home (no pun intended) with deadlines, schedules, regulations, etc

32. A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.

33. David Pun highlighting the check word list in determining whether a company is ready for franchising.

34. Bunno is a pun on the famous rockstar's name, Bono, of the Dublin-based rock band U2.

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36. Ying Pun, a mine northeast original camp, for the 50 - meter square Tucheng now dilapidation to farmland.

37. I hope I've opened your eyes, if you'll excuse the visual pun, ( Laughter ) to some of pollen's secrets.

38. I hope I've opened your eyes, if you'll excuse the visual pun, (Laughter) to some of pollen's secrets.

39. It involves many techniques of expression such as innuendo, pun, irony, euphony, allegory, hyperbole, and oblique references, etc.

40. A pun is the lowest form of humor, unless you thought of it yourself. Doug Larson 

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42. As a pun to the shared abbreviation of both their bandname and the game they called this DnDnDnD.

43. I remember a warm voice, expressive eyes, and bushy eyebrows that wiggled comically at a pun or a joke.

44. Most noteworthy of that era of the Heat was their heated (pun intended) rivalry with the New York Knickerbockers .

45. RJ Blain suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning

46. Most weather phenomena are marked, no pun intended, by the change of electric charge and pressure in the atmosphere.

47. I believe that this album is another step into an intriguing evolution for Bonobo sound-wise (no pun intended)

48. RJ Blain suffers from a Moleskine journal obsession, a pen fixation, and a terrible tendency to pun without warning

49. Admissible cuts to the chase, pun intended and gives you a practical guide for investigating all aspects of the paranormal

50. Rachel Moberly followed with an equally good set, keeping up a strong pace with some Northern life jokes, high-energy punchlines, and the longest set-up for a pun of the night (which was lovingly Begroaned by the audience, as any pun should be).