What is "punned"

Pun \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.

vb. (en-pastpun)

1. n. a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: punning, wordplay, paronomasia]

2. [also: punning, punned]

1. v. make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

2. [also: punning, punned]

See pun