He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.
Shak.
Pun, n. [Cf. Pun to pound, Pound to beat.] 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.
Pun, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Punning.] 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.
Pun, v. t. To persuade or affect by a pun. Addison.
Punch (?), n. [Hind. pnch five, Skr. pa&?;can. So called because
composed of five ingredients, viz., sugar, arrack, spice, water, and
lemon juice. See Five.] 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.
Milk punch, a sort of punch made with spirit, milk, sugar, spice, etc.
-- Punch bowl, a large bowl in which punch is made, or from which it is
served. -- Roman punch, a punch frozen and served as an ice.
Punch, n. [Abbrev, fr. punchinello.] The buffoon or harlequin of a
puppet show.
Punch and Judy, a puppet show in which a comical little hunchbacked
Punch, with a large nose, engages in altercation with his wife Judy.
Punch (?), n. [Prov. E. Cf. Punchy.] 1. A short, fat fellow; anything
short and thick.
I . . . did hear them call their fat child punch, which pleased me
mightily, that word being become a word of common use for all that
is thick and short.
Pepys.
2. One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk
punch.
Punch, v. t. [OE. punchen, perhaps the same word as E. punish: or cf.
E. bunch.] To thrust against; to poke; as, to punch one with the end of
a stick or the elbow.