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, punning

2. punverb

   make a play on words

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

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1. • Joke

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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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How to use pun in a sentence?

1. Stafford Broumand:

   Throughout my career, over the last 20-plus years, I have seen a rise and fall -- pardon the pun -- in the size of breast implants. In the '90s and 2000s, for my practice, implant sizes were larger. Patients were requesting larger breast implants. Today, patients' requests have moderated somewhat, what is stable, in reality, are none of our procedures or surgeries.

2. Steve Stanulis:

   And I think the answer would still be ‘ no. ’ I was accused of going out with a bang – no pun intended. But I guess I did go out with a bang as far as [ the work ] was concerned. … But I was always a professional.

3. Ryan Moore:

   I wish everyone could get to know Hillary's heart like I have, she always looks out for the little guy — no pun intended.

4. 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.

5. Gregg Popovich:

   It’s way better with fans, that’s just not a gratuitous comment, it’s for real. It helps you generate competitiveness. It makes everything more enjoyable. Players react to it. So, having fans is fantastic. No pun intended.