pun (on something) the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same We're banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended! compare wordplay Wordfindercomedycaricature, comedy, funny, joke, parody, pun, sketch, slapstick, spoof, take-off See related entries: Linguistic devices Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’.Extra examples We’re banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended!
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