punning
adjective
[ ˈpʌnɪŋ ]
• making or involving a pun or play on words.
• "the Daily Mail acknowledged the achievement with a punning headline"
pun
verb
• make a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word.
• "his first puzzle punned on composers, with answers like ‘Handel with care’ and ‘Haydn go seek’"
Origin:
mid 17th century: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio.
pun
verb
• consolidate (earth or rubble) by pounding it.
Origin:
mid 16th century: dialect variant of pound2.
