pun
verb/pʌn/
/pʌn/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pun | /pʌn/ /pʌn/ |
| he / she / it puns | /pʌnz/ /pʌnz/ |
| past simple punned | /pʌnd/ /pʌnd/ |
| past participle punned | /pʌnd/ /pʌnd/ |
| -ing form punning | /ˈpʌnɪŋ/ /ˈpʌnɪŋ/ |
- to make a punWord Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’.
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