List of Puns

A pun is a kind of word play which creates equivocalness between two similar-sounding words, simply for fun. The pun can be intended or unintended, an intended pun is widely used in literature for a rhetorical effect. Though it is a common conception that a pun is supposed to be only funny, it is not so. The following is a list of puns for kids and adults. Some of them are classic examples of puns, passed from generation to generation. Read, enjoy and try to make some similar puns!

List of Funny Puns

• You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Unless of course, you play bass. - Douglas Adams.
• Where do you find giant snails? On the ends of giants' fingers.
• A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
• The best way to communicate with a fish is to drop them a line.
• A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'
• When the detectives on the police force observed suspects dining in the city's best restaurant, it was their favorite steak out.
• "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." - Groucho Marx.
• He bought a donkey because he thought he might get a kick out of it.
• Male deer have buck teeth.
• A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
• The man who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
• Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.
• A backward poet writes in-verse.
• You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
• In democracy it's your vote that counts. In feudalism it's your count that votes.
• The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
• When cannibals ate a missionary, they got a taste of religion.
• A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
• Don't join dangerous cults. Practice safe sects!
• With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
• Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
• A gang of thieves stole a shipment of Viagra. Police are looking for a group of hardened criminals.
• When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
• The fellows died their hair.
• A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.
• Have you ever heard of an honest cheetah?
• The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
• I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.
• A skunk fell in the river and stank to the bottom.
• An elephant's opinion carries a lot of weight.
• She was only a whisky maker, but he loved her still.
• Don't justify sin, just defy sin.
• In the novel, there is an unexpected secret meeting of the lovers. It is a plot tryst.
• No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.
• A pessimist's blood type is always b-negative.
• If you hear it from the horse's mouth you're listening to a neigh sayer.
• A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption.
• Crick:: The sound that a Japanese camera makes.
• A successful diet is the triumph of mind over platter.
• When you dream in color, it's a pigment of your imagination.
• A gossip is someone with a sense of rumor.
• When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
• Corduroy pillows are making headlines.
• A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said: 'Keep off the Grass.'
• Two silkworms had a race. They ended up in a tie.
• A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
• A plateau is a high form of flattery.

Making or creating a pun is not a difficult task, all that is needed is a little sense of humor and good knowledge of the English language. Now that you know what exactly a pun is, you can try creating a new list of puns!