pun

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pun [pun puns punned punning] noun, verb BrE [pʌn] NAmE [pʌn]
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!
compare ↑wordplay

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’.

Example Bank:
•We're banking on them lending us the money— no pun intended!

 
verb (-nn-)intransitive
to make a ↑pun
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  punning, wordplay, paronomasia