wordplay
pronunciation
How to pronounce wordplay in British English:
UK [ˈwɜ:dpleɪ]
How to pronounce wordplay in American English:
US [ˈwɜrdpleɪ]
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- Noun:
- a humorous play on words
Word Origin
- wordplay (n.)
- also word-play, 1855; see word (n.) + play (v).
Example
- 1. That brings on some interesting wordplay .
- 2. The invented language 's tidy roots and suffixes are well suited to wordplay .
- 3. Copies wordplay results to the clipboard .
- 4. This new wordplay is lost in english , where it has simply been translated as the former interpretation .
- 5. And they use wordplay , which is obviously very difficult for a computer .