pun
//pʌn//
Noun
punSingular
punsPlural
1
A joke or humorous remark that exploits the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings.
He made a clever pun on the word "sole" by talking about fish and shoes.
Verb
punPresent tense
punnedPast tense
punnedPast participle
punningPresent participle
punsThird-person singular
1
To make a pun or puns; to use words in a humorous way by exploiting their multiple meanings or similar sounds.
He loves to pun on people's names.