punned in English
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 "punned" in a sentence
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1. 23 He punned on the likeness of 'weak' and 'week'.
2. Bemuse (v.) "to make utterly confused, put into muse or reverie, muddle, stupefy," from be-+ muse (compare amuse); attested from 1735 but probably older, as Pope (1705) punned on it …