Past tense of pun
regular verb
The past tense of pun is punned. The past participle is also punned.
Forms of pun
| Base form (V1) | pun /pʌn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | punned /pʌnd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | punned /pʌnd/ |
| Present participle | punning /ˈpʌnɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | puns /pʌnz/ |
Punned in a sentence
- We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.
Meaning of pun
- verb To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- verb To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
- noun 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.
Questions about the past tense of pun
- What is the past tense of pun?
- The past tense of pun is punned.
- What is the past participle of pun?
- The past participle of pun is punned.
- Is pun a regular or irregular verb?
- Pun is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pun (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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