the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same 双关语 We're banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended! 我们正指望他们借给我们钱呢——bank 绝无双关之意！ 🔊🔊 - pun on something
The song's title is a pun on ‘sweet’ and ‘suite’. 这首歌的标题是“甜”和“套房”的双关语。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’.