pun

noun

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

noun

A copper coin of Bengal, of the value of 80 cowries.

noun

An abbreviation of puncheon.

noun

An expression in which the use of a word in two different applications, or the use of two different words pronounced alike or nearly alike, presents an odd or ludicrous idea; a play on words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but differ in meaning; a kind of verbal quibble.

intransitive verb

To make puns or a pun.