'Punning' definitions:
noun
A humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn:
pun, punning,
wordplay,
paronomasia]
- Pun \Pun\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Punned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Punning.]
To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense,
especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play
upon words; to quibble. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
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