1) Alexander the Grape 2) Americone Dream 3) Amuse with words 4) As wit, less than puny 5) Bad humor 6) Bad joke 7) Berle specialty 8) Bit of cerf humor 9) Bit of Grouchoesque wordplay 10) Bit of Marx Brothers humor 11) Bit of Ogden Nash wordplay 12) Bit of Ogden Nash wordplayend 13) Bit of paronomasia
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1) Equivocalness 2) Groaner 3) Paronomasia 4) Punning 5) Witticism 6) Wordplay
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The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play that suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use of homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or metaphorical language. A pun differs from ...
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an expression that uses a homonym (two different words spelled identically) to deliver two or more meanings at the same time. For example, 'When Professor Fudge asked his graduate students to bring a really good lay to the next class, their collective opinion of the scholar went up a notch.'
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• (n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. • (v. t.) To pound. • (v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun. • (v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense,...
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a humorous use of a word in such a way as to suggest different meanings or applications, or a play on words, as in the use of the word rings in the ... [3 related articles]
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Plutonium(III) Nitride Molar mass: 258.0067
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a deliberate playing on two possible meanings of one word. e.g. arms (as in limbs on the body ) and arms (as in weapons) or meet (as in coming together with someone socially and meat (as in flesh) This device is usually used to create a comic effect. It is very popular with newspaper headline writers.
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A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation. 'A better put on this word was made on the Beggar's Opera, which, it was said, made Gay rich, and Rich gay.' (Walpole) ... Origin: Cf. Pun to pound, Pound ...
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A play on two words similar in sound but different in meaning. For example, in Matthew 16:18, Christ
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An expression that uses a homonym (two different words spelled identically) to deliver two or more m
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Pun intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Punned ;
present participle & verbal noun 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 qui...
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Pun noun [ Confer
Pun to pound,
Pound to beat.] A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
Addison. « A better
put on...
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Pun transitive verb [ See
Pound to beat.] To pound. [ Obsolete] « He would
pun thee into shivers with his fist.»
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Pound, not normally used in terms of money. More often used when talking about weight.
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A play upon words mostly used for humorous reasons. Example: the use of one word that has two meanings or of two words that sound alike.
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Playful device where similar sounding words with different meanings, or single words with multiple meanings are employed. Shakespeare frequently used puns for both comic and serious effect e.g. in Romeo and Juliet the dying Mercutio says: 'Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.'Â
William Empson identified puns as a form of am...
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A play on words that relies on a word
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pun 1. A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words; the word or phrase used in this way. 2. The humorous use of a word or phrase so as to emphasize or suggest its different meanings or applications, or the use of words that are alike or nearly alike in sound but dif...
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A pun is a joke based on the interplay of homophones — words with the same pronunciation but different meanings.
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a witty remark comparing words with similar meanings or sounds.
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a play on words; use of words with similar sounds but different meaning to humorous effect. For example, grave has two possible meanings, which Shakespeare used in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Mercutio's final words were: 'ask for me tomorrow And you shall find me a grave man'; red and read sound the same, so the book is never red/the book is never read; I...
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punning noun a humorous play on words; `I do it for the pun of it`; `his constant punning irritated her`
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Figure of speech, a play on words, or double meaning that is technically known as paronomasia (Greek `adapted meaning`). Double meaning can be accidental, often resulting from homonymy, or the multiple meaning of words; puns, however, are deliberate, intended as jokes or as clever and compact remarks. The success of a pun is a matter ...
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