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puns

The correct spelling is puns.

How to pronounce puns

noun

IPA: /pʌnz/

Say it like: Pun-s

The correct spelling is puns. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm. For example: "The pun is the lowest form of wit."

Usage Examples

The pun is the lowest form of wit.

We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
  2. 2.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. 1.To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
  2. 2.To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

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