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P — Punch to Pyx (Part 3 of 15)

Punner, n. Punster.

Punning, n. Paronomasy, paronomasia.

Punster, n. Punner, quibbler, paragrammatist.

Puny, a.

    1. Weak, feeble, inferior.
    2. Little, small, petty, insignificant, diminutive, undeveloped, undersized, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian.

Pup, n.

    1. Puppy, whelp, young dog.
    2. Young seal.

Pupa, n. Chrysalis, aurelia.

Pupil, n.

    1. (Anat.) Apple of the eye.
    2. Learner, scholar, disciple, student, tyro, beginner, novice, neophyte, catechumen.
    3. (Law.) Ward.

Pupilage, n. Nonage, minority, wardship, pupilarity, tutelage.

Puppet, n.

    1. Doll.
    2. Marionette, image.
    3. Tool.

Puppy, n.

    1. Pup, whelp, young dog.
    2. Fop, coxcomb, prig, jackanapes, dandy.