Pun
21Pun|ja|bi — «puhn JAH bee», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a native or inhabitant of the Punjab; Panjabi: »They were afraid the Punjabis would vote for somebody else (Atlantic). 2. Panjabi; a language spoken in the Punjab. –adj. of the Punjab, its people, or their… …
22pun|ni|ly — «PUHN uh lee», adverb. in a punny manner; punningly: »He plans to mix his printed material with occasional recordings called, punnily enough, “plattertudes” (Time) …
23pun|to — «PUHN toh», noun, plural tos. Obsolete. a thrust or pass in fencing. ╂[< Italian punto point < Latin punctum; see etym. under punt3 (Cf. ↑punt)] …
24pun|ty — «PUHN tee», noun, plural ties. an iron or steel rod used in glassmaking for handling the hot glass. ╂[< French pontil, or Italian pontello (diminutive) < punto point < Latin punctum; see etym. under punctate (Cf. ↑punctate)] …
25punȝe — Sc. var. poygné Obs., fight, skirmish …
26punȝet — var. poignet Obs., a bracelet …
27pun — cho·pun·nish; con·tra·pun·tal; con·tra·pun·tal·ist; con·tra·pun·tist; con·tra·pun·to; es·pun·dia; moor·pun·ky; pun·chi·nel·lo; pun·dit; pun·dit·ic; pun·dit·ry; pun·do·nor; pun·ga·pung; pun·gence; pun·gen·cy; pun·gent·ly; pun·gi; pun·gle;… …
28Pun — A pun (or paronomasia) is a phrase that deliberately exploits confusion between similar sounding words for humorous or rhetorical effect.A pun may also cause confusion between two senses of the same written or spoken word, due to homophony,… …
29PUN — Flagge der Partido Unidade Nacional Die Partido Unidade Nacional PUN (Tetum: Partidu Unidade Nacional, deutsch: Partei der Nationalen Einheit) ist eine christlich demokratische Partei des politischen Zentrums in Osttimor. Ihre Vorgämgerin, die… …
30pun — pun1 [pʌn] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from pundigrion pun (17 19 centuries), perhaps from Italian puntiglio; PUNCTILIOUS] an amusing use of a word or phrase that has two meanings, or of words that have the same sound but different… …
