punning

Speech parts

1. punning - Noun

2. punning - Adjective

3. punning - Verb

Derived from pun

Meaning

of Pun

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

pun paronomasia wordplay blithe quip comic joke clever laugh absurd rhyming amusing joking anagram banter
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Hypernyms

play sport fun

Examples

I do it for the pun of it Source: Internet

his constant punning irritated her Source: Internet

Blythe, who was starring in London’s West End production of Harry Potter And The Cursed Child before the pandemic closed theatres, has developed a range of cards punning on the STV show’s catchphrase: “There’s been a murdur!” Source: Internet

" An example that combines homophonic and homographic punning is Douglas Adams 's line "You can tune a guitar, but you can't tuna fish. Source: Internet

Music Groups *The Judybats, an alternative rock band from Knoxville, Tennessee, took their name from a song written by a friend of theirs, which contained the line "punch me with a judybat" in a punning allusion to Punch and Judy shows. Source: Internet

He enjoys dark and punning humor and painful penetration to himself and others. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Punnett square punnily punniness punningly punnology punny