Punning

  • 31shoot off —    to ejaculate semen    Usually prematurely, under intense sexual excitement:     I had to change my underwear when I got back here. That s right. I shot off in my drawers. (Diehl, 1978)    The punning shoot over the stubble was to ejaculate in… …

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  • 32stick —    1. to kill    Supposedly with a pointed weapon, of cattle in an abattoir and of wild pigs in hunting. It used also to mean to wound:     The black thief has sticket the woman. (Carrick, 1835)    2. a spirit added to another drink    Perhaps… …

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  • 33pun — 1. n. & v. n. the humorous use of a word to suggest different meanings, or of words of the same sound and different meanings. v.intr. (punned, punning) (foll. by on) make a pun or puns with (words). Derivatives: punningly adv. Etymology: 17th c …

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  • 34pun|ning|ly — «PUHN ihng lee», adverb. in a punning manner; by punning: »... the punningly titled “Peace de Resistance” cookbook (London Times) …

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  • 35A play upon words — Play Play, n. 1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. [1913 Webster] 2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game. [1913 Webster] John naturally loved rough play. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or… …

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  • 36Annomination — An*nom i*na tion, n. [L. annominatio. See {Agnomination}.] 1. Paronomasia; punning. [1913 Webster] 2. Alliteration. [Obs.] Tyrwhitt. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 37condog — con*dog (?; 115), v. i. [A punning corruption of concur.] To concur; to agree. [Burlesque] [1913 Webster] Note: This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree; thus. Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend. Cockeram.… …

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  • 38Paronomasia — Par o*no*ma si*a, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to form a word by a slight change; para beside + ? to name, fr. o noma a name.] (Rhet.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set… …

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  • 39Play — Play, n. 1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. [1913 Webster] 2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game. [1913 Webster] John naturally loved rough play. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or practice of… …

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  • 40Play actor — Play Play, n. 1. Amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. [1913 Webster] 2. Any exercise, or series of actions, intended for amusement or diversion; a game. [1913 Webster] John naturally loved rough play. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 3. The act or… …

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