1. a humorous play on words that exploits different possible meanings or similar sounds

1. to make a pun or play on words

Examples

• His joke about the broken pencil was pointless – a classic pun.
• She groaned at his terrible pun about the bakery running out of dough.
• The comedian’s act was full of clever puns and wordplay.
• I didn’t mean to pun, but that joke was really cheesy.
• He loves to pun whenever he gets the chance.
• The newspaper headline contained an obvious pun about the weather.
• Her pun about the math teacher was quite calculated.