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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| wordplay | /x | Noun, Noun |
| rhyming | /x | Noun |
| allusion | x/x | Noun |
| alliteration | x/xxx | Noun |
| parodic | /xx | Adjective |
| alliterative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| jocular | /xx | Adjective |
| facetious | x/x | Adjective |
| sardonic | x/x | Adjective |
| misspelling | x/x | Noun |
| epigram | /xx | Noun |
| ribald | /x | Adjective |
| satirical | x/xx | Adjective |
| jesting | /x | Noun |
| droll | / | Adjective |
| satiric | x/x | Adjective |
| euphemistic | xx/x | Adjective |
| poetic | x/x | Adjective |
| mocking | /x | Verb |
| colloquial | x/xx | Noun |
| innuendo | xx/x | Noun |
| cleverness | /xx | Noun |
| etymological | xxx/xx | Noun |
| phrase | / | Noun |
| idiom | /xx | Noun |
| satire | /xx | Noun |
| amusing | x/x | Adjective |
| slapstick | /x | Noun |
| limerick | /xx | Name |
| laughing | /x | Verb |
| poking | /x | Verb |
| kicking | /x | Verb |
| kidding | /x | Verb |
| panting | /x | Verb |
| barking | /x | Noun |
| joking | /x | Verb |
| puking | /x | Noun |
| pawing | /x | Noun |
| smiling | /x | Verb |
| lolling | /x | Verb |
| pounding | /x | Verb |
| nagging | /x | Noun |
| thrashing | /x | Noun |
| ducking | /x | Verb |
| pelting | /x | Verb |
| puffing | /x | Noun |
| clinch | / | Noun |
| smiting | xx | Noun |
| pulsing | /x | Noun |
| strumming | /x | Noun |
| trotting | /x | Noun |
| pecking | /x | Noun |
| quibble | /x | Noun |
| patting | /x | Verb |
| crouching | /x | Verb |
| ribbing | /x | Noun |
| smashing | /x | Verb |
| snickering | /xx | Verb |
| puncture | /x | Noun |
| slapping | /x | Verb |
| punching | /x | Noun |
| yawning | /x | Noun |
| dashing | /x | Verb |
| lunging | /x | Verb |
| blundering | /xx | Noun |
| smirking | /x | Noun |
| sneering | /x | Verb |
| pouncing | /x | Verb |
| fretting | /x | Noun |
| rebuking | x/x | Verb |
| springing | /x | Verb |
| shouting | /x | Verb |
| whacking | /x | Verb |
| tickling | /xx | Noun |
| frolicking | /xx | Noun |
| belching | /x | Noun |
| cavorting | x/x | Verb |
| slamming | /x | Verb |
| taunting | /x | Verb |
| bouncing | /x | Noun |
| whopping | /x | Adjective |
| brandishing | /xx | Verb |
| shoving | /x | Verb |
| flinging | /x | Verb |
| peeping | /x | Noun |
| clench | / | Noun |
| winking | /x | Verb |
| waddling | /xx | Verb |
| weeping | /x | Noun |
| penchant | /x | Noun |
| fondness | /x | Noun |
| signature | /xx | Noun |
| habit | /x | Noun |
| bilingual | x/x | Adjective |
| lover | /x | Noun |
| play | / | Noun |
| visual | /xx | Adjective |
| verbal | /x | Adjective |
| elaborate | x/x | Adjective |
| art | / | Noun |
| kind | / | Noun |
| sexual | /xx | Adjective |
| name | / | Noun |
| mere | / | Adjective |
| example | x/x | Noun |
| apposite | xx | Adjective, Noun |
| banter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| clowning | /x | Noun |
| complimentary | xx/xx | Adjective |
| cryptic | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| deceptions | x/x | Noun |
| derogatory | x/xxx | Adjective, Noun |
| equivocation | xxx/x | Noun |
| exaggeration | xxx/x | Noun |
| experimentation | xxxx/x | Noun |
| fabrications | xx/x | Noun |
| flippant | /x | Adjective |
| improvisations | xxx/x | Noun |
| ironical | x/xx | Adjective |
| laconic | x/x | Adjective |
| metaphorical | xx/xx | Adjective |
| pejorative | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| recasting | x/x | Noun |
| reworking | x/x | Noun |
| sarcastic | x/x | Adjective |
| untranslatable | xx/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| witty | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| idiomatic | xxx/x | Adjective, Noun |
| milestone | /x | Noun, Verb |
| expression | x/x | Noun |
| literally | /xxx | Adverb |
| tell | / | Verb, Noun |
| oh | / | Noun, Verb |
