pun

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

   “He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.”

2. (intransitive)To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

   “We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.”

noun

1. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

   “The pun is the lowest form of wit.”

   “"Certainly, my home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of Rears, and Vices, I saw enough. Now do not be suspecting me of a pun, I entreat."”

2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”).
3. (India, historical)A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

   “Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each.”

name

1. A surname.