pump, v. interrogate, [question], [quiz].

pun, n. paragram.

punch, v. [push], [poke]; [pierce], [bore], [perforate], [puncture].

puncture, v. [prick], [perforate], [pierce].

pungent, a. [pricking], stinging; [poignant], [sharp], excruciating, [severe].

punish, v. [chastise], [castigate], [chasten], [discipline].

punishment, n. [chastisement], [castigation], scourging, [discipline], [penalty], visitation, [retaliation], [retribution], infliction. Antonyms: immunity, impunity, [acquittal], exoneration. Associated words: penal, penology, punitive, penologist, penological, reprieve, commute, commutation, Nemesis, connivance.

punning, n. paronomasia.

puny, a. [undeveloped], [small], undersized, diminutive, [stunted], atrophied, [feeble].

pup, n. [puppy], whelp.