Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pun
Participle: punned
Gerund: punning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pun |
| you | pun |
| he;she;it | puns |
| we | pun |
| you | pun |
| they | pun |
Perfect
| I | have punned |
| you | have punned |
| he;she;it | has punned |
| we | have punned |
| you | have punned |
| they | have punned |
Past
| I | punned |
| you | punned |
| he;she;it | punned |
| we | punned |
| you | punned |
| they | punned |
Pluperfect
| I | had punned |
| you | had punned |
| he;she;it | had punned |
| we | had punned |
| you | had punned |
| they | had punned |
Future
| I | will pun |
| you | will pun |
| he;she;it | will pun |
| we | will pun |
| you | will pun |
| they | will pun |
Future Perfect
| I | will have punned |
| you | will have punned |
| he;she;it | will have punned |
| we | will have punned |
| you | will have punned |
| they | will have punned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pun |
| you | pun |
| he;she;it | pun |
| we | pun |
| you | pun |
| they | pun |
Perfect
| I | have punned |
| you | have punned |
| he;she;it | have punned |
| we | have punned |
| you | have punned |
| they | have punned |
Imperfect
| I | punned |
| you | punned |
| he;she;it | punned |
| we | punned |
| you | punned |
| they | punned |
Pluperfect
| I | had punned |
| you | had punned |
| he;she;it | had punned |
| we | had punned |
| you | had punned |
| they | had punned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pun |
| you | would pun |
| he;she;it | would pun |
| we | would pun |
| you | would pun |
| they | would pun |
Perfect
| I | would have punned |
| you | would have punned |
| he;she;it | would have punned |
| we | would have punned |
| you | would have punned |
| they | would have punned |
Imperative
| you | pun |
| we | Let's pun |
| you | pun |
Verbs conjugated like 'pun'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pun'
bun,
cun,
dun,
fun,
gun,
pan,
pen,
pin,
pub,
pue,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of “beating” the words into place. See: Old English '
punian'.
Sample Sentences
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He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. [c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:]
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We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.