pun
noun [C] /pʌn/Definition
› a humorous use of a word or phrase that has several meanings or that sounds like another word: She made a couple of dreadful puns. This is a well-known joke based on a pun: "What's black and white and red (= read) all over?" "A newspaper."Humour and humorous
(Definition of pun noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- amusing adjective
- crack noun (JOKE)
- crack verb (MAKE JOKE)
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- facetious adjective
- gallows humour noun
- humorous adjective
- jocular adjective
- jokester noun
- killing adjective (FUNNY)
- knock, knock! idiom
- laugh noun
- lavatorial adjective
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