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50 Thanksgiving Puns That Will Activate Your Feast Mode

Somehow the months have flown by and Thanksgiving 2021 will soon be here. It’s time to start planning your meal and cooking schedule so you can gather around the table with family and friends and enjoy your feast. And while many families use Thanksgiving dinner as an opportunity to share what they're thankful for, might we recommend also going around the table and sharing your favorite Thanksgiving puns?

A silly pun can work wonders. A well-timed one can help lighten the mood if political discussions get heated, or they can entertain the little ones if they're getting rowdy at the kids table (if all else fails, try a Thanksgiving joke, too). You don't even need to share the pun in person for it to have an effect. They can make a great addition to a holiday card or Thanksgiving Instagram caption.

Whatever your motivation for dropping a few puns on Thanksgiving, it’s important to note that some of these are corny (not the food, we’re not starting the puns yet) enough that they might get you sent away from the table. So, you’ve been warned.

Here are 50 clucking brilliant Thanksgiving puns.


Turkey Puns for Thanksgiving

  • I'm going to gobble that up!

  • That's plucking delicious.

  • I'm stuffed!

  • Talk turkey to me.

  • Turkeys who love coffee are called perkies.

  • Don't use that fowl language with me!

  • OK, it's time to cut myself off — cold turkey.

  • How did the turkey escape Thanksgiving alive? He stayed ahead of the carve.

  • Break out the wine, it's time to get basted!

  • The tur-key to my heart is Thanksgiving food.

  • What sound does a turkey's phone make? "Wing, wing."

  • Playing the wishbone game is a snap.

  • The only cups I use on Thanksgiving are gobblets.

  • Why don't turkeys eat on Thanksgiving? They're stuffed.

  • Why don't turkeys like hearing jokes? They always get roasted.

  • Why did the turkey go to jail? He was convicted of fowl play.

  • What are turkey butchers haunted by? Poultrygeists.

  • Instead of picnics, turkeys have pecknics.

  • Just when you think Thanksgiving's... you ain't seen stuffing yet.

Photo credit: Stígur Már Karlsson /Heimsmyndir - Getty Images
Photo credit: Stígur Már Karlsson /Heimsmyndir - Getty Images

Thanksgiving Food Puns

  • I yam what I yam.

  • Because you know I'm all about that baste.

  • You butter believe it.

  • I want 50 shades of gravy.

  • I'm on a (dinner) roll.

  • Eat, drink, and cranberry!

  • What do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter? Pumpkin pi!

  • Stop, drop, and pass the rolls!

  • Feast mode: activated.

  • Let's do the yam thing!

  • What role do green beans have in Thanksgiving dinner? The casserole!

  • This dinner looks gourd-eous!

  • I pecan't handle how much I love Thanksgiving.

  • Not to be corny, but Thanksgiving is the best.

  • After the turkey, break out the peach gobbler.

  • What did the mother turkey say to her misbehaving child? "You're making your grandmother roll over in her gravy!"

  • What do pilgrims measure their ingredients in? Pilgrams.

  • What dessert do mathematicians love? Pumpkin pi.

  • Let's give them pumpkin to talk about.

Photo credit: TommL - Getty Images
Photo credit: TommL - Getty Images

Gratitude Puns for Thanksgiving

  • Pie love you.

  • You're the apple of my pie.

  • I only have pies for you.

  • The turkey looks delicious! You killed it!

  • There's always pumpkin to be grateful for.

  • Hey, I just met you, and this is gravy. But here’s my stuffing, so carve me maybe.

  • You're the belle of the (Butter)ball.

  • I love you, from your bread to your potatoes.

  • I yam so thankful for you.

  • It's cheesy, but I'm grate-ful for you.

  • Stuffing in this world compares to you.

  • There's nothing butter than this.

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