Homophones

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as another word but differs
in meaning. A homophone may also differ in spelling. The two words may be spelled the same, such
as rose (flower) and rose (past tense of "rise"), or differently, such as carat, caret, and carrot, or to,
two, and too.

Puns rely on the humorous use of a word (or phrase) so as to emphasize or suggest its different
meanings or applications.

Here, are puns based on homophones: words that are alike (or nearly alike) in sound but different in
spelling and meaning.

A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.

With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.

Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I’ll show you A-flat minor.

When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.

You feel stuck with your debt if you can’t budge it.

Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.

Once you’ve seen one shopping center you’ve seen a mall.

Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.

Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.

A backwards poet writes in verse.

When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.

Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference.

When fish are in schools they sometimes take debate.

When the smog lifts in Los Angeles, U.C.L.A.