pun
Signification (English)
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- 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.
Concepts
Synonyms
equivoque
rhyming game
go in for rhetoric
juggle with words
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pʌn/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.
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