Read full poem →4 Alas! like Schutz I cannot pun,
Like Grafton court the Germans;
Dictionary Entry
A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
In a Sentence
“The pun is the lowest form of wit.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. punintended punupon punpun visualpun bad
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Poetry examples for “pun”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →ARTICLE VIII.—Excessive bail shall not be requir-
ed, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual pun-
ishients inflicted.
Read full poem →that terrifying pun—and so thence to repentance. His enmity to
Prospero was general, his crime against Milan general. With Pros-
Read full poem →Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun!
Who relish’d a joke, and rejoic’d in a pun; 150
Whose temper was generous, open, sincere;