punny
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
/ˈpʌni/
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/ˈpʌni/ · /ˈpʌnɪ/ · /ˈpʊnɪ/
Definition of punny
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Resembling a pun; involving the use of a pun.
“And though [Terry] Border's overly punny captions fall flat for me, the images themselves exude enough delight to make it all a treat.”
“Along Main Street, where crowds popped in and out of boutiques, one woman savored samples at the specialty food store. A punny T-shirt urging “SOCIALism DISTANCING” hung prominently in one of the shop windows […].”
“This is typical [Maurizio] Cattelan, whose work toys with double meanings and punny juxtapositions, flirting with the boundaries between good and bad, to expose bigger truths.”
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adj
-
Resembling a pun; involving the use of a pun.
“And though [Terry] Border's overly punny captions fall flat for me, the images themselves exude enough delight to make it all a treat.”
“Along Main Street, where crowds popped in and out of boutiques, one woman savored samples at the specialty food store. A punny T-shirt urging “SOCIALism DISTANCING” hung prominently in one of the shop windows […].”
“This is typical [Maurizio] Cattelan, whose work toys with double meanings and punny juxtapositions, flirting with the boundaries between good and bad, to expose bigger truths.”
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Fond of puns.
“From Battersea Flower Station to Blonde Dye Bleach, everyone wants to be punny. What's your favourite?”
- Funny.
noun
- A punishment.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From pun + -y, possibly influenced by funny.
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