Definition of pun

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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.

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Pillory :: Pillory (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory..
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Prick :: Prick (n.) To render acid or pungent.
Aquapuncture :: Aquapuncture (n.) The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
Pertusion :: Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein..
Punitory :: Punitory (a.) Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive.
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like..
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (a.) Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation..
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To make more pungent and intense; as, to sharpen a pain or disease..
Zax :: Zax (n.) A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..
Punishment :: Punishment (n.) Any pain, suffering, or loss inflicted on a person because of a crime or offense..
Felony :: Felony (n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt..
Stichwort :: Stichometry (n.) Division of the text of a book into lines; especially, the division of the text of books into lines accommodated to the sense, -- a method of writing manuscripts used before punctuation was adopted..
Rustication :: Rustication (n.) The act of rusticating, or the state of being rusticated; specifically, the punishment of a student for some offense, by compelling him to leave the institution for a time..
Punter :: Punter (n.) One who punts a football; also, one who propels a punt..
Burr :: Burr (n.) A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down..
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A pun; a low conceit.
Malefactor :: Malefactor (n.) An evil doer; one who commits a crime; one subject to public prosecution and punishment; a criminal.
Dispunct :: Dispunct (v. t.) To expunge.
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