Punned

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pun \Pun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Punned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Punning}.]
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pun
       n : a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
           constant punning irritated her" [syn: {punning}, {wordplay},
            {paronomasia}]
       v : make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language
           is well suited to punning"
       [also: {punning}, {punned}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  punned
       See {pun}