- present participle of pun.
punning
Example Sentences
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Ms. Goldstein’s punning premise would be meaningless in the languages of Pascal and Kant.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
It is left to directors to determine the size of the cast and to divide up Jelinek’s finely chiseled writing, which is by turns poetic, punning, allusive and philosophical.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024
That's not to say Passeportout is without humor as Verne clearly couldn't resist punning with that name.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022
On some other show, Ted Lasso is like the impossibly sunny colleague, always punning, who refuses to ever have a bad attitude.
From Slate • Sep. 29, 2020
That’s why the show is loaded with so many “adult” elements, the constant punning and pop culture references like Monsterpiece Theater or the Samuel Beckett parody “Waiting for Elmo.”
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
