punning

/puhn/US // pʌn //UK // (pʌn) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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 different in meaning; a play on words.
- : the word or phrase used in this way.

v.无主动词 verb

as infacetious

Synonyms

She wasn’t getting performing opportunities, so she dove into improv and puns.
You should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.
The number of punning devices is very large, and nearly every one has a character peculiarly its own.
A few punning devices occur among the early English printers, but they are not always clever or pictorially successful.
Next to the section of punning devices, perhaps the most entertaining is that which deals with the question of mottoes.
Though I love fun, eternal jesting, buffoonery, punning absolutely kills me.

/puhn/US // pʌn //UK // (pʌn) //

双关语,双关,双关语的,一语双关

n.名词 noun

1
- : 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 different in meaning; a play on words.
- : the word or phrase used in this way.

v.无主动词 verb

as infacetious

Synonyms

She wasn’t getting performing opportunities, so she dove into improv and puns.
You should hear me at table with the Ulster purser and a little punning microscopist called Davis.
The number of punning devices is very large, and nearly every one has a character peculiarly its own.
A few punning devices occur among the early English printers, but they are not always clever or pictorially successful.
Next to the section of punning devices, perhaps the most entertaining is that which deals with the question of mottoes.
Though I love fun, eternal jesting, buffoonery, punning absolutely kills me.