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punny
adjective
uk /ˈpʌn.i/ us /ˈpʌn.i/
involving puns(= humorous uses of words or phrases that have several meanings or that sound like another word) :
The show features characters with punny names such as Placido Flamingo and Meryl Sheep.
The plots of his novels are elaborate, the language dense and punny.
The band has always had a penchant for odd, punny song titles.
I am often wary of restaurants with punny names.
"I'm taking the parrot to the vet for some tweetment," was his punny remark as he walked out of the door with the cage.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
amusingly
bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
drily
gag
geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
mordancy
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
rib
standing joke
wag
wisecrack
Related word
pun
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