A play on words, a pun; (also) the action of punning. Now rare.
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun] > play on words, pun (32) allusion1550 A play on words, a pun; (also) the action of punning. Now rare. nick1561 A correspondence or resemblance, esp. a verbal correspondence; a pun. Obsolete. paronomasia1577 Wordplay based on words which sound alike; an instance of this, a pun. paronomasy1592 = paronomasia, n. quiblin1605 A pun or quibble; a trick. quibblea1627 A play on words, a pun. quiblet1627 = quibble, n. clinch1629 A sharp repartee that twists or turns about the meaning of a word; a wordplay, a pun. Also clench, n. quibbling1633 The action of making quibbles. Also: an instance of this, a quibble. clink1634 = clinch, n.1 clench1638 A play on words, pun, quibble. Obsolete or archaic. Also clinch, n.1 pun1644 The use of a word in such a way as to suggest two or more meanings or different associations, or of two or more words of the same or nearly the same… conundrum1645 A pun or wordplay depending on similarity of sound in words of different meaning. Obsolete. whim1652 A pun or play on words; a double meaning. Obsolete. pundigrion1673 A pun, a play on words. jeu de mots1823 Esp. in French contexts: a play on words; a pun. calembour1830 A pun. Tom Swifty1963 A humorous sentence typically consisting of reported speech attributed to a speaker (frequently ‘Tom’), followed by an adverb which relates… paronym1982 A play on words that are similar in appearance or sound; = paronomasia, n. Subcategories:— in Japanese poetry (1) — a little pun (2) — making of (6) — riddle involving pun (4) |
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