Wordplay is a type of humor that involves using words in an unusual or unexpected way. Sometimes the words are arranged in a special way, or they are used in a unusual order.
The play features wordplay based on puns.
The poet used wordplay to describe the natural world.
noun
a humorous play on words
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The 'Zhuangzi' is famous for wordplay and witticism.
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Wordplay and risque humor abound in his writing.
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The emphasis on the art is wordplay.
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However, this is descending into mere wordplay.
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I feel it a wordplay for advertisement...
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Seems like an obvious wordplay...
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Such wordplay is not uncommon in his work.
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And most of it is wordplay that would not translate.
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The title of the novel is a wordplay on 'Luke' and .
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The title of the novel is a wordplay on Luke and.