- present participle of pun.
punning
Example Sentences
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The penchant for punning titles hasn’t diminished, however.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ms. Goldstein’s punning premise would be meaningless in the languages of Pascal and Kant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Wait a minute, was the New York Times punning with its Wordle on Veteran’s Day?
From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2022
Older viewers should get a kick out of the punning dialogue and meta-humor, which wryly calls out homages to Batman, Ghostbusters and Indiana Jones.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2022
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
