Pun Meaning in Spanish

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1. (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.
2. (v. t.) To pound.
3. (v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun.
4. (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.

1. (n.) A cold arid table-land, as in the Andes of Peru.

1. () A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc.
2. () A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating.
3. (n.) A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
4. (n.) A thrust or blow.
5. (n.) A prop, as for the roof of a mine.
6. (n.) To perforate or stamp with an instrument by pressure, or a blow; as, to punch a hole; to punch ticket.
7. (n.) A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
8. (v. t.) To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of a stick or the elbow.
9. (n.) The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
10. (n.) One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
11. (n.) A tool, usually of steel, variously shaped at one end for different uses, and either solid, for stamping or for perforating holes in metallic plates and other substances, or hollow and sharpedged, for cutting out blanks, as for buttons, steel pens, jewelry, and the like; a die.
12. (n.) An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Punch

1. (n.) A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.
2. (n.) A split log or heavy slab with the face smoothed; as, a floor made of puncheons.
3. (n.) A cask containing, sometimes 84, sometimes 120, gallons.
4. (n.) A short, upright piece of timber in framing; a short post; an intermediate stud.

1. (n.) One who, or that which, punches.

1. (n.) See Puncheon.

1. (n.) A punch; a buffoon; originally, in a puppet show, a character represented as fat, short, and humpbacked.

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Punch