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PUN

5 pts

/pʌn/

Extended Definitions

noun

  1. 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.

verb

  1. To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
  2. To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

noun

Valid CSW (UK) Scrabble Word

Dictionary Definition

use of words to exploit double meanings for humorous effect

Letter Values

P3
U1
N1
= 5