Meaning of word play | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see word, play.
   countable, uncountable
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.
   countable, uncountable

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