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Repartee's rank over lady confused about parking
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wordplay
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wordplay \Word"play`\, n. A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively. 2 A witty verbal exchange; such exchanges collectively.
Wikipedia
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Wordplay is a 2006 documentary film directed by Patrick Creadon . It features Will Shortz , the editor of the New York Times crossword puzzle , crossword constructor Merl Reagle , and many other noted crossword solvers and constructors. The second half ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun , punning , paronomasia ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also word-play , 1855; see word (n.) + play (v).
Usage examples of wordplay.
Then Mortimer said something maddeningly oblique, and Nerita replied with the same off-center mystification, and Mein once more was plunged into the river of their easy dancing wordplay, down into it, down and down and down, and as he struggled to keep from drowning, as he fought to comprehend their interchanges, he never once looked toward the place where Sybille sat, not even once, and congratulated himself on having accomplished that much at least in his masquerade.
His wordplays in Scripture are fascinating, and they are concentrated in His letter to the seven churches.
His fluency in Chyurda exceeded my own, and at times I was hard pressed to follow the conversation, while half of the Fool's wordplays escaped me.
His fluency in Chyurda exceeded my own, and at times I was hard pressed to follow the conversation, while half of the Fool’s wordplays escaped me.