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v. Present participle of pun.

n. The action of the verb to pun.

adj. That which makes or uses a pun.

n. The practice of making puns.

Given to making puns; exhibiting a pun or play on words: as, a punning reply.

n. a humorous play on words

"I would ban anyone who engages in punning like this."

punned    punning    puns   

joke    jest    play    sport    fun   

antanaclasis    paronomasia   

punned    punning   

punned    punning   

pound    quibble    joke   

Donne    Gunn    Hon    Hun    Jun    Kun    M1    Nun    Son    Sun   

joke    caricature    epigram    allegory    allusion    satire    banter    parody    blunder    repartee