What is another word for pun?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈʌn], [ pˈʌn], [ p_ˈʌ_n]
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Synonyms for Pun:
n.
• conceit (noun) • double entendre (noun) • joke (noun)- hoodwinkings,
- puton,
- shaggydog stories,
- shaggy-dog stories,
- shaggydog story,
- one liner,
- mis chiefs,
- clownings,
- bons mots,
- ha ha,
- mis chief,
- oneliner.
v.
• creation (verb)- pun.
- play clown,
- pulled ones leg,
- plays tricks,
- pulling ones leg,
- plays the clown,
- de-riding,
- de ride,
- plays clown,
- pulled one leg,
- pulling leg,
- played the clown,
- playing clown,
- pulls one leg,
- de rides,
- played tricks,
- poking fun,
- playing tricks,
- pulls leg,
- pulled leg,
- pulls ones leg,
- pulled one's leg,
- de-rides,
- pulling one leg,
- de riding,
- pull one leg,
- pull ones leg,
- playing the clown,
- poked fun,
- de-ride,
- played clown,
- pokes fun,
- pulls one's leg.
Other synonyms:
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- raillery,
- running joke,
- standing joke,
- shaggy dog story,
- one-liner,
- punch line,
- light relief,
- canard,
- in-joke.
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- silly.
- Quipped,
- jollied,
- spoofed,
- wisecracking,
- makes merry,
- Frolicking,
- jive,
- making merry,
- funned,
- funning,
- Ragging,
- Jollies,
- play the clown,
- joking,
- pull one's leg,
- fun,
- made merry,
- jives,
- wisecracked,
- pull leg,
- jollying,
- punning,
- play tricks,
- make merry,
- japing,
- jiving,
- Punned,
- spoofing,
- poke fun,
- Quipping,
- japed,
- pulling one's leg.
- Logogriph,
- chime,
- ridicule,
- assonance,
- frolic,
- crack,
- Paragram,
- approximate,
- aphorism,
- amuse,
- tamp,
- anecdote,
- paronomasia,
- mock,
- alliteration,
- stir,
- flee,
- weasel word,
- polysemant,
- gag,
- rhyme,
- thresh,
- flog,
- apothegm,
- bring near,
- jumbled,
- grasp,
- conceit,
- clamp,
- facetious,
- kid around,
- equivocalness,
- thrash,
- fool,
- Fleer,
- malapropism,
- dispose,
- scintillate,
- rime,
- josh,
- evasion,
- beat,
- grip,
- gibe at,
- fool around,
- caper,
- jingle,
- convulse,
- Ambiloquy,
- riddle,
- hoax,
- Atticism,
- amphibology,
- Jeu D'esprit,
- trifling,
- turn of phrase,
- mot,
- agitate,
- run,
- fleer at,
- trounce,
- quizzical,
- equivocation,
- story,
- scoff at,
- assimilate,
- drub,
- gibe,
- farce,
- acrostic,
- counterword,
- wheeze,
- laugh,
- clinch,
- assonate,
- clever remark,
- conundrum,
- macaronic,
- logogram,
- anagram,
- jape,
- mixed,
- jibe,
- rejoinder,
- ram,
- equivocal,
- poke fun at,
- lick,
- double-talk,
- discard,
- be merry with,
- sell,
- dig,
- Equivoke,
- abuse of terms,
- epigram,
- spoonerism,
- make fun,
- homonym,
- banter,
- portmanteau word,
- Connaturalize,
- barb,
- sparkle,
- slam,
- sally,
- double acrostic,
- alliterate,
- taunt,
- paranomasia,
- word-play,
- slant rhyme,
- double-speak,
- corruption,
- sly,
- ambilogy,
- tease,
- holdfast,
- amphibologism,
- Calembour,
- Homonymy,
- apophthegm,
- amphiboly,
- game,
- palindrome,
- clink,
- chaff,
- ambiguity.
How to use "Pun" in context?
Pun is defined as a word or phrase that is used as an expression of humor, ridicule or amusement. The word pun derives from the Latin wordpunctum, meaning point, mark, or distinction. Puns are used in both serious and humorous contexts, and can be used to fill in gaps in language or to express irony or sarcasm.
A common pun consists of two words that are related but could not be sensibly put together, such as "jar of jelly" for "case of beer.
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