punning

pun  (pn)

n.

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words.

intr.v. punned, pun·ning, puns

To make puns or a pun.

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punning·ly adv.

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Punning

adnomination

Obsolete, the act of wordplay; punning. Also called agnomination, annomination.

equivocality, equivocacy

the state or quality of being ambiguous in meaning or capable of double interpretation. — equivocal, adj.

equivoque, equivoke

1. an equivocal term or ambiguous expression.
2. a play upon words; pun.

paronomasia

1. Rhetoric. the use of a word in different senses or the use of words similar in sound for effect, as humor or ambiguity; punning.
2. a pun. — paronomastic, adj.

punnology

the study of puns and punning. — punnologist, n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

punning - a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" paronomasia, pun, wordplay fun, sport, play - verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"