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pun
/ˈpʌn/
雙關語,俏皮話,押韻(vi.)說雙關語,說俏皮話(vt.)用雙關語說服,搗結實
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pun
,
v. t.
To
persuade
or
affect
by
a
pun
.
◄
►
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pun
v. t.
To
pound
. [
Obs
.]
He
would
pun
thee
into
shivers
with
his
fist
.
--
Shak
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Pun
,
n.
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
.
A
better
put
on
this
word
was
made
on
the
Beggar's
Opera
,
which
,
it
was
said
,
made
Gay
rich
,
and
Rich
gay
.
--
Walpole
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
pun
n
:
a
humorous
play
on
words
; "
I
do
it
for
the
pun
of
it
"; "
his
constant
punning
irritated
her
" [
syn
:
punning
,
wordplay
,
paronomasia
]
v
:
make
a
play
on
words
; "
Japanese
like
to
pun--their
language
is
well
suited
to
punning
"
[
also
:
punning
,
punned
]
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