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Meanings of
punning
in English
Portuguese
calembur
Catalan
joc de paraules
Back to the meaning
A humorous play on words.
pun
wordplay
paronomasia
Portuguese
calembur
Usage of
punning
in English
1
There is a certain playfulness and
punning
in many of the works.
2
The following specimen of his
punning
Latin is addressed to an orchard-pilferer:-
3
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carson Kressley should be held responsible for the insufferable
punning
.
4
My deep ancestors included elaborate
punning
in the highest of their literary forms.
5
And now, please apply your
punning
powers to the gent above.
6
The Groucho Marx influence is certainly evident in Stallman's lifelong fondness for
punning
.
7
Some censure this conversation of St. Gregory as a piece of low
punning
.
8
The topless women of page three used to be accompanied by groanworthy
punning
.
9
Though I love fun, eternal jesting, buffoonery,
punning
absolutely kills me.
10
The monument to Sir Nicholas Pelham (1559) has an oft-quoted
punning
verse-
11
Your
punning
will turn her into a mass of jelly.
12
We have specimens of his fondness for this nomenclative
punning
subscribed to his portrait:
13
Has it other excuse for being besides
punning
and fooling?
14
The tenuousness and corniness of the
punning
is supposed to be part of the appeal.
15
For the king hated all witticisms, and
punning
especially.
16
Well, it was fun getting here, in spite of all the
punning
and peppermint perkiness.
Other examples for "punning"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
punning
pun
Verb
Present
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
avoid punning
cringeworthy punning
crude punning
elaborate punning
fashionable punning
More collocations
Translations for
punning
Portuguese
calembur
paranomásia
trocadilho
Catalan
joc de paraules
Punning
through the time
Punning
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common