pun /pʌn/verb 2noun 2forms 3 verb2 •To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.We punned about the topic until all around us groaned. •(no longer used) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. — 1602 noun2 •A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.The pun is the lowest form of wit. •(India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each. — 1864 formspunned · punning · puns
