Pun (?), v. t. [See Pound to beat.]
To pound.
[Obs.]
He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.
Shak.
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Pun, n. [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.]
A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
Addison.
A better pun on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay.
Walpole.
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Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.]
To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
Dryden.
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Pun, v. t.
To persuade or affect by a pun.
Addison.
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