English-Thai Dictionary

pun

N คำ ที่ มีความหมาย สอง นัย  คำ ที่ พูด สองแง่สองง่าม  witticism quibble kam-ti-me-kwam-mai-song-nai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PUN

n.An expression in which a word has at once different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation; a low species of wit. Thus a man who had a tall wife named Experience, observed that he had, by long experience, proved the blessings of a married life. A pun can be no more engraven, than it can be translated.

 

PUN

v.i.To quibble; to use the same word at once in different senses.

 

PUN

v.t.To persuade by a pun.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PUN

Pun, v. t. Etym: [See Pound to beat. ]

 

Defn: To pound. [Obs. ] He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. Shak.

 

PUN

Pun, n. Etym: [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

PUN

Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned; p. pr. & vb. n. Punning. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

PUN

PUN Pun, v. t.

 

Defn: To persuade or affect by a pun. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

pun

pun |pən pən | ▶noun a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings: the pigs were a squeal (if you'll forgive the pun ). ▶verb ( puns, punning , punned ) [ no obj. ] make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word: his first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like “Handel with care ” and “Haydn go seek ” | (as adj. punning ) : a punning riddle. DERIVATIVES pun ning ly adverb, pun ster |ˈpənstər |noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio .

 

pun

pun 2 |pʌn | ▶verb ( puns, punning, punned ) [ with obj. ] Brit. consolidate (earth or rubble ) by pounding it. DERIVATIVES punner noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: dialect variant of pound 2 .

 

Oxford Dictionary

pun

pun 1 |pʌn | ▶noun a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. ▶verb ( puns, punning, punned ) [ no obj. ] (often as adj. punning ) make a pun. DERIVATIVES punningly adverb, punster noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio .

 

pun

pun 2 |pʌn | ▶verb ( puns, punning, punned ) [ with obj. ] Brit. consolidate (earth or rubble ) by pounding it. DERIVATIVES punner noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: dialect variant of pound 2 .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pun

pun noun "you can make your own antifreeze by stealing her blanket " is a pun guaranteed to get some groans: play on words, wordplay, double entendre, innuendo, witticism, quip, bon mot.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pun

pun noun play on words, wordplay, double entendre, double meaning, innuendo, witticism, quip; French bon mot, jeu de mots; rare paronomasia, equivoque, amphibology, pivot, calembour, carriwitchet, clench, clinch, conundrum, nick, pundigrion, whim, quibble.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pun

pun /pʌn /名詞 C だじゃれ, 語呂合わせ ; 地口 （じぐち ）.動詞 ～s ; ～ned ; ～ning 自動詞 «…について » だじゃれ [語呂合わせ ]を言う «on » .