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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' v. i.) 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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To pound. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:43, 13 October 2021
Pun [1]
(1): ( v. i.) 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.
(2): ( 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.
(3): ( v. t.) To pound.
(4): ( v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun.
