- punster
- noun Date: 1700 one who is given to punning
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
punster
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Punster — Pun ster, n. One who puns, or is skilled in, or given to, punning; a quibbler; a low wit. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Punster — (engl., spr. Pönnst r), in England ein Witzling, welcher sich bes. der Wortspiele u. Calembours bedient … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
punster — [pun′stər] n. [see STER] a person who habitually makes, or is fond of making, puns: also punner … English World dictionary
punster — pun ► NOUN ▪ a joke exploiting the different meanings of a word or the fact that there are words of the same sound and different meanings. ► VERB (punned, punning) ▪ make a pun. DERIVATIVES punster noun. ORIGIN perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete … English terms dictionary
punster — /pun steuhr/, n. a person who makes puns frequently. [1690 1700; PUN + STER] * * * … Universalium
punster — noun A person who likes to make puns … Wiktionary
punster — Synonyms and related words: banana, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, epigrammatist, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, humorist, ironist, jester, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, madcap, parodist, prankster,… … Moby Thesaurus
punster — pun·ster || pÊŒnstÉ™(r) n. one who makes puns, one who makes plays on words … English contemporary dictionary
punster — n. Punner, quibbler, paragrammatist … New dictionary of synonyms
punster — noun (C) someone who makes puns (=jokes involving two words that sound similar) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
