(n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
(v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
(v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun.
Example Sentences:
(1) Go Kings go!” The pun-filled press release issued by De Blasio also helpfully included the lyrics to Sinatra’s and Newman’s classic tunes, in case anyone had forgotten.
(2) Bad pun aside, investors are concerned that the company's high growth-rates are tapering.
(3) January 12, 2016 Shorten hastily responded to that debate on Twitter with a pun-laden non-answer, saying: “Cos you asked … my favourite lettuce is one that doesn’t have a 15 per cent GST on it.” Bill Shorten (@billshortenmp) Cos you asked @workmanalice - my favourite lettuce is one that doesn't have a 15 per cent GST on it.
(4) The following day, politicians and eurocrats began scrambling to hammer out a larger rescue package for Greece: 28 April 2010 Photograph: Guardian That was the time when puns about Acropolis Now, and ‘making a drachma out of a crisis’ were in vogue: Greek debt crisis, 28 April 2010 Photograph: Guardian But there wasn’t much time for jokes.
(5) Hemingway’s daughter, Corey, is in a marquee at the back of the site, painting a teddy bear onto some MDF, in the pursuit of a Teddy Boy pun that either doesn’t work, or I don’t get, but it looks great.
(6) The outcome of 53 patients operated on either for posttraumatic ulnar neuropathy (PUN) or non-traumatic cubital tunnel syndrome (CTS) was reviewed after 3 years follow-up.
(7) In a report called "Un-Finnished Business" (you can always rely on the rating agencies for a bad pun), the analysts write: We think the risks to growth in 2012 and 2013 are rising.
(8) In all experiments, supplementing TRP-deficient diets with D- and L-TRP significantly increased feed intake, rate and efficiency of gain and decreased plasma urea N (PUN).
(9) Systemic LH, FSH, glucagon, cortisol, PUN, NEFA, estradiol, and testosterone were not affected by insulin or level of feeding.
(10) The first of April is normally a day of frothy fun, where newspapers and brands compete to produce the best jokes and the worst puns to fool their readers.
(11) The unfortunate design hasn’t gone unnoticed and attracted puns galore when it was posted on Reddit over the weekend .
(12) Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian The signs of wealth are everywhere, from the luxury gated village of the Pun Hlaing Golf Estate to the towers around swimming pools of Star City , both projects of the Pun empire.
(13) Emad Hajjaj, a popular Jordanian cartoonist, drew an elderly Palestinian woman by her sagging UN tent saying – in an untranslatable pun on the words “Charlie” and the colloquial Arabic “I have been” – that she had lived as a refugee for the 67 years since the creation of Israel in 1948.
(14) During the war years, his snappy, escapist films brought joy to audiences on the home front, while he was the only Hope (puns on his surname have always been de rigueur ) for thousands of troops overseas whom he entertained on his various tours from 1941.
(15) Second, the yuck factor: isn't it just beyond tasteful (no pun intended) for a woman to put her nipple into another woman's baby's mouth?
(16) The report tackles a number of issues which, excuse the pun, have been ‘bubbling’ up over the last year.
(17) Sorry and all that, but the pun was too good to use: Genre?
(18) Was The Wine Show supposed to be a deliberately awful pun on The One Show?
(19) The comedian Rob Auton, 30, has seen off competition from acclaimed pun-slingers including Tim Vine and Gary Delaney to pick up TV channel Dave's annual award for one-liners at the fringe.
(20) An experiment was conducted with 36 crossbred finishing pigs (18 male castrates and 18 females) to evaluate the effect of bromocriptine implants on growth, feed intake, feed efficiency, plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) and carcass characteristics.
Puy
Definition:
(n.) See Poy.
Example Sentences:
(1) A study of the prevalence of adult asthma (subjects over 18 years of age) has been carried out in the Puy-de-Dôme area over the past two years by means of a questionnaire sent out to all the doctors in the area.
(2) There's a world of difference between, say, the massive umami hit of one of my favourite comfort foods, a miso, Marmite and puy lentil vegetarian shepherd's pie, and the delicate crunch of a green salad.
(3) During a 3-year period, 93 prenatal diagnoses of kidney or urinary tract abnormalities were carried out in the French district of Puy-de-Dôme.
(4) By 1987, with 12 members, it had shifted to the central French village of Puy de Dôme and in 2004 to Germany , where it has been ever since.
(5) autodidactress, via GuardianWitness Serves 6 135ml olive oil 30g flour 2½ tsp salt 3kg oxtail 2 large carrots, cut into chunky batons 1 large celery stick, cut into chunky batons, plus a small bunch of celery leaves, roughly chopped 1 large onion, peeled and diced 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 tsp black peppercorns 3 bay leaves 500ml beef stock 625ml Guinness or other stout 50g tomato puree 2 tsp sugar Long curl of fresh orange zest (optional) 200g puy lentils 1 Heat 90ml of the oil in a large, heavy-based pan over a medium flame.
(6) All infants born in the Puy-de-Dôme area in 1983 and referred to a neonatal care unit were studied prospectively.
(7) Serves 4 sunflower oil enough for frying John Dory fillets 4 x 180g (with the skin left on) salt and freshly ground pepper cooking chorizo 200g, cut into ½ cm dice curly kale 200g flat leaf parsley ½ bunch, leaves and stalks, finely chopped lemon juice of ½ For the lentils extra virgin olive oil 40ml onion 1, finely diced garlic 2 cloves thyme 2 sprigs rosemary 2 sprigs, leaves removed and chopped puy lentils 250g (if you have time, it’s good to soak them for an hour beforehand) chicken or vegetable stock 1 litre (a good quality cube will do) unsalted butter 30g To cook the lentils, pour olive oil into a heavy-bottomed saucepan and gently cook.
(8) Serves 4 extra-virgin olive oil 4 tbsp brown onion 1, chopped garlic cloves 4, finely chopped small beetroot 8, peeled and quartered carrots 6, sliced into large pieces bay leaves 3 thyme 2 sprigs sea salt and freshly ground pepper tomato purée 2 tbsp red wine (use vegan wine if you like) 250ml vegetable stock 500ml puy lentils 400g portobello mushrooms 2-3, sliced crimini mushrooms 10 pearl onions 10, peeled arrowroot 2 tsp, dissolved in 2 tbsp water thyme a few sprigs, to garnish Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a thick-bottomed saucepan over a medium heat.
(9) The earthiness of the curly kale and puy lentils creates a good balance for this autumnal dish.
(10) Oxtail braised in black beer with puy lentils You will need a deep, heavy saucepan for this one.
(11) Later, two studies were performed in adults, in two places of Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme, respectively Arsac-en-Velay and Besse-en-Chandesse.
(12) Serves 4 6 tbs olive oil 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 rounded tsp cumin seeds, roughly ground 125g fresh coriander, chopped and stalks set aside 250g small brown or puy lentils 1.75 litres water a squeeze of lemon sea salt and black pepper For the caramelised onions: 300ml sunflower oil 2 large onions, halved and sliced into rounds as thin and even as possible (we recommend using a mandolin) To make the caramelised onions, heat the oil in a large saucepan until very hot.