"word play" meaning in All languages combined

See word play on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: word plays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} word play (countable and uncountable, plural word plays)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see word, play. Tags: countable, uncountable Hyponyms: pun, spoonerism
    Sense id: en-word_play-en-noun-Z7kh0dgo
  2. A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-word_play-en-noun-X7MNWsO- Disambiguation of Rhetoric: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70

Inflected forms

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