A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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The penchant for punning titles hasn’t diminished, however.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
For many years American Jewish writing seemed to be all about sons—sons launched from Chicago, Brooklyn and the Bronx, sons of overprotective mothers, comics punning on “the son also rises.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
It is left to directors to determine the size of the cast and to divide up Jelinek’s finely chiseled writing, which is by turns poetic, punning, allusive and philosophical.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Wait a minute, was the New York Times punning with its Wordle on Veteran’s Day?
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2022
That’s why the show is loaded with so many “adult” elements, the constant punning and pop culture references like Monsterpiece Theater or the Samuel Beckett parody “Waiting for Elmo.”
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
