Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pun \Pun\, v. t. [See {Pound} to beat.]
To pound. [Obs.]
He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pun \Pun\, n. [Cf. {Pun} to pound, {Pound} to beat.]
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. --Addison.
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pun \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. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pun \Pun\, v. t.
To persuade or affect by a pun. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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"
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