puns

Synonyms

quip punning paronomasia word play badinage witticism equivoque hardtack

Phrases with the word

full puns intentional puns literal puns

Examples

Puns are the highest form of literature. Alfred Hitchcock

President Bush has uranium-tipped bunker busters and I have puns. I think he'll be OK. Jon Stewart

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them. Edgar Allan Poe

They are "sexcellent". That is a pun for you, you will find lots of puns on the internet! Also: blonde jokes. Ryan North

Puns are the droppings of soaring wits. Victor Hugo

I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way. Allan Sloan