A man who makes a pun should be drawn and quoted.
I ate a sweet pair of pears for dessert.
A pun is a play on words that relies on the multiple meanings of a word or words that sound similar but have different meanings, often for humor or emphasis. An example of a pun is: "I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough."
Yes, a pun is a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. It often involves using wordplay to create humor.
It is the quality of containing a play on words or pun. Often when faced with someone saying something like "I would like to report on the party where everyone was taking extasy but I wouldn't want to give a rave review." another person will say "Very punny". "Punny" in this context is a pun in itself, since it acknowledges that "rave review" is a pun, is using the expression "very funny" and playing on the words pun and fun.
The pun in the sentence "to steal ducks is a foul deed" lies in the play on words between "foul" (meaning offensive or unethical) and "fowl" (a type of bird, such as a duck). The pun adds humor by using a word that sounds like "foul" to describe a misdeed related to ducks.
If I answer this, I will be pun-ished!
is a word used to descibe sentences as a pun or aside
Pun is a noun.
I ate a sweet pair of pears for dessert.
No, pun is a noun and a verb.
I am banking on Westpac lending me the money-no pun intended! I like writing answers, I do it for the pun of it.
You must mean pun, but that word does not refer to multiple meanings. A pun is using a word, or making one up, that sounds like the word that's expected. For example, there is an expression "No news is good news." It means we haven't anything to worry about that we know of. So, a condemned man gets a reprieve from hanging, and he says "No noose is good news." Ho ho. It's good because it makes new sense using the wrong word.
It's actually Tom Swifties and they are sentences that contain a play on words or a "pun" using adverbs.They were originated by Edward Stratemever who created a series of cartoons about a character named Tom.
A good pun with the word jump is "Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine"
A pun is a play on words that relies on the multiple meanings of a word or words that sound similar but have different meanings, often for humor or emphasis. An example of a pun is: "I used to be a baker, but I couldn't make enough dough."
If I had a nickel for every time I had to scold my kids, I could retire; no pun intended. That is a great sentence for the word pun since it refers to the humorous use of a word or phrase.
One pun for the name Belle is Taco Belle. A pun is a joke that plays off the different meanings of a word.