verb
- past tense of pun; made a play on words, especially one that exploits different meanings of a term or similar-sounding terms
Examples
- He punned constantly during the comedy show.
- She punned about the bakery being a ‘knead-to-know’ business.
- The comedian punned his way through the entire routine.
- They punned back and forth until everyone was groaning.
- He punned so much that his friends started avoiding him.
- The writer punned cleverly in the newspaper headline.