Definition of wordplay
:playful use of words :verbal wit
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Oscar Wilde was famous for his witty wordplay.
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For the last year, Frid has been designing tees, hoodies, and pants decorated with her original flora and fauna artwork and wordplay with luxury labels.
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The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting Broadway comedy.
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I’m moved by the music of poetry and so a lot of it has to do with the wordplay and the precision of imagery being captured as soon as possible.
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But wordplay isn't play play, and so Mom hectors me to go see if Kevin Sundem is home.
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As millionaire Bruce Wayne and his crime-fighting alter-ego Batman, West had a weakness for wordplay, introspection and lovely ladies.
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The details — the dog that licks the drifter's hand, the description of the beauty that drives him mad, his increasingly craven offers to keep her — echo the wordplay that made Berry rock 'n' roll's first poet.
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In their responses, the specialists embrace exclamation points and Hallmark card-style wordplay.
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These are wordplay riddles, each its own little ditty, unlike our normal logic puzzles.
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Definition of wordplay for English Language Learners
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: playful or clever use of words
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