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pun
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: p?n, IPA(key): /p?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, p?nian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *pun?n? (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.
Verb
pun (third-person singular simple present puns, present participle punning, simple past and past participle punned)
- (transitive) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
Noun
pun (plural puns)
- 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.
- Synonyms: paronomasia, play on words
- Hypernym: joke
- Hyponym: antanaclasis
- Austen was likely referring to flogging or spanking, then common naval punishments, known as le vice anglais.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean ? (bun), from Chinese ? (“fen”)
Noun
pun (plural puns or pun)
- (Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun: a Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
Anagrams
- N-up, NPU, UPN, nup
Chuukese
Conjunction
pun
- because
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- puan
- pen (Ragusan dialect)
Etymology
From Latin p?nis, p?nem.
Noun
pun m
- (Vegliot) bread
Malay
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /pon/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /p?n/
- Rhymes: -on
Adverb
pun (Jawi spelling ????)
- also
- even
Synonyms
- juga
Related terms
- -pun
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pun]
Verb
pun
- first-person singular present indicative of pune
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pune
- third-person plural present indicative of pune
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *p?ln?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *píl?nas, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pûn/
Adjective
p?n (definite p?n?, Cyrillic spelling ????)
- full, filled
- fleshy, plump
- full, complete
- occupied (of room)
Declension
Spanish
Noun
pun m (uncountable)
- (onomatopoeia) the sound of discharging a firearm
- Synonym: pum
- (onomatopoeia, vulgar) the sound of flatulence
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jokes
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d???ks/
- (US) IPA(key): /d?o?ks/
- Rhymes: -??ks
Noun
jokes
- plural of joke
Adjective
jokes (comparative more jokes, superlative most jokes)
- (Britain, slang) Really good.
- 2008, "Zetsu", Floaters and gravity (on newsgroup sci.med.vision)
- Andrew VS Neil and Mike is totally jokes! I love it when Andrew gets pissed, lol. It's so cool!
- July 2012, Lily Allen, quoted in the Huffington Post [3]
- Dappy's new tune is jokes, in a good way. Thoroughly entertaining and insightful which is more than I can say for most things on the radio.
- 2008, "Zetsu", Floaters and gravity (on newsgroup sci.med.vision)
- (Britain, slang) funny or entertaining.
- Man, that video is bare jokes!
References
- The Guardian, 2007 [4]
Verb
jokes
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joke
Anagrams
- ojeks
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