simple past tense and past participle of pun

plural of Pun

Used to indicate acknowledgment that what one has just said, or what one is about to say, could be viewed as a pun, but was/is not used as a pun. Equally as often the term is used in conversation to call attention to an intended pun.

plural of pun-off

A contest where people compete in making puns.

A pun involving an image or images, often based on a rebus.

(programming) The circumvention of the system of data types in a programming language in order to achieve an effect that would be difficult or impossible to achieve within the bounds of the formal language.

plural of visual pun

(transitive) To cause to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action. / (transitive, figuratively) To treat harshly and unfairly.

The act or process of punishing, imposing and/or applying a sanction. / A penalty to punish wrongdoing, especially for crime. / A suffering by pain or loss imposed as retribution