"word play" meaning in English

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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see word, play."
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        "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."
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  "pos": "noun",
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