wordplay
[wurd-pley]
noun
clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
a play on words; pun.
Origin of wordplay
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Related Words for wordplay
rejoinder, sarcasm, banter, retort, pleasantry, wordplay, fun, joke, satire, badinage, humor, quip, irony, comeback, riposte, answer, wit, reply, witticism, railleryExamples from the Web for wordplay
Contemporary Examples of wordplay
He created a special puzzle for Oprah Winfrey when he appeared on the show to promote the Wordplay documentary about crosswords.
The Crossword Puzzle Turns 100: The ‘King of Crossword’ on Its Strange HistoryKevin Fallon
December 21, 2013
Once again, wordplay and ethnicity wounded an office-seeking Virginia Republican.
The most retweeted messages are those with jests and puns and wordplay—and graffiti.
Occasionally, he would write brief letters to the editor using the name A. Sock, wordplay on “Punch”—his nickname since boyhood.
Wordplay Bradlee could be prolix or pithy, as suited his ends.
Historical Examples of wordplay
Abbott and he sometimes swerved into wordplay about love; but up to 1820, or thereabouts, the passion was potential merely.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2John Tyndall
wordplay
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