pun
Because it is a word with a single syllable, pun is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofpun
- A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
Synonyms: paronomasia, "play on words"
Example: "The pun is the lowest form of wit."
- To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
Example: "We punned about the topic until all around us groaned."
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