punning
That makes or uses a punThat makes or uses a pun.
/ˈpʌnɪŋ/
Meaning
1 sensesThat makes or uses a pun.
The spoonerism "Burly Chassis" is a punning reference to Shirley Bassey's voluptuous figure.
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedpunningly
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.