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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pun /ˈpʌn/
 雙關語,俏皮話,押韻(vi.)說雙關語,說俏皮話(vt.)用雙關語說服,搗結實

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.] To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pun, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pun v. t.  To pound. [Obs.]
    He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.   --Shak.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pun, n.  A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
    A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay.   --Walpole.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 pun
      n : a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
          constant punning irritated her" [syn: punning, wordplay,
           paronomasia]
      v : make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language
          is well suited to punning"
      [also: punning, punned]