pun

Short definition from Wiktionary

Verb

1. 1
   To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
2. 2
   To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

Noun

1. 1
   A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
2. 2
   Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”).
3. 3
   A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.