pun
n. countablen. a joke that plays on words with similar sounds but different meanings. You use it when someone makes a funny connection between two ideas using one word.
n. a play on words that exploits multiple meanings or similar sounds for humorous effect. Typically used in informal speech and writing.
He told a pun about a broken pencil.
The comedian ended his set with a pun that made the audience groan and laugh at the same time.
Shakespeare frequently employed puns to add layers of meaning and wit to his characters' dialogue.
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”).
From Hindi [Term?].