punning

Meaning of punning

verb
  1. To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
  2. To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
    We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

noun

The action of the verb to pun.

adjective

That makes or uses a pun.

Information about punning

  • The plural form of punning is: punnings.
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Hyphenation of punning

pun-ning

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • punning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

punning synonyms

Meaning pun:

pun, wordplay, paronomasia

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