pun
US: /ˈpən/
UK: /pˈʌn/
UK: /pˈʌn/
English Vietnamese dictionary
pun /pʌn/
- danh từ
- sự chơi chữ
- sự chơi chữ
- nội động từ
- chơi chữ
- chơi chữ
- ngoại động từ
- nện, đầm (đất)
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
~ (on sth) the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same: We're banking on them lending us the money-no pun intended!
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+ verb (-nn-) [V] to make a pun
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
play on words, quip, (bon) mot, witticism, double entendre, Literary equivoque, Technical paronomasia:
Dennis made some awful pun on 'nose' and 'knows' that nobody got.
