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puns

/pʌnz/

puns is the plural of pun.

puns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pun.

Meaning of pun

Noun (1)

pun (plural puns)

  1. 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.
    • The pun is the lowest form of wit.

Noun (2)

pun (plural puns)

  1. (India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.
    • Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each.1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019

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Proper noun capitalized: Puns

Puns

  1. (plural) plural of Pun

Phrases with puns

Words that rhyme with puns

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Questions about puns

What is puns the plural of?
Puns is the plural of pun.
What part of speech is puns?
Puns is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce puns?
Puns is pronounced /pʌnz/.

Words near puns in the dictionary

  1. punnology
  2. punny
  3. Puno
  4. punology
  5. Punong
  6. puns
  7. punsaree
  8. punsarees
  9. punsari
  10. punsaris
  11. punsch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: puns (page history and authors); Puns (page history and authors); pun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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