Synonyms for PUN
pʌnpun

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1. pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasiaverb

   a humorous play on words

   "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"

   Synonyms:
   wordplay, paronomasia, pun, punning

2. punverb

   make a play on words

   "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

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1. punnoun

   Synonyms:
   quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words

2. punverb

   Synonyms:
   quibble, play upon words, make a pun

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1. punnoun

   Synonyms:
   paragram

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1. List of paraphrases for "pun":

   poon, disk, pan, bonn, liquidation

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1. Joe Trippi:

   And if we learned anything from 2016, earned media is really valuable and can pardon the pun trump the paid media.

2. Christine Matthews:

   You'd have to work really hard to connect the dots between what Trump's lawyer said, which was ridiculous, and Republicans, i think -- excuse the pun -- that would be a trumped up story. That would be somewhat manufactured.

3. Marco Rubio:

   The good news is that we can get this passed. We don't have to keep doing this stupidity anymore. Why we would enshrine this in our laws and keep it for so long is beyond me, hopefully, this is the year that this gets done. And pardon the pun, but this is an idea whose time has come.

4. Berkley Lauren:

   I am so excited -- pun intended -- to get to share this with the world, this show has been a beloved show for so many years and to bring it back with this new cast and the OGs, this is a gift, for sure. I can't wait to share it.

5. Whitney Way Thore:

   Fat-shaming is a thing ; it's a really big thing, no pun intended, it is the really nasty spawn of a larger parent problem called body-shaming, which I'm fairly certain everyone on the planet, especially women, has experienced.