Defn: A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, — used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. Pumpkin seed. (a) The flattish oval seed of the pumpkin. (b) (Zoöl.) The common pondfish.
PUMY Pu"my, a. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. pummer big, large, and E. pomey pommel.]
Defn: Large and rounded. [Obs.] A gentle stream, whose murmuring wave did play Amongst the pumy stones. Spenser.
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Pun, v. t. Etym: [See Pound to beat.]
Defn: To pound. [Obs.]
He would pun thee into shivers with his fist. Shak.
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Pun, n. Etym: [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.]
Defn: 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. Addison. A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay. Walpole.
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Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned; p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.]
Defn: 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. Dryden.
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Pun, v. t.