rebus
Example Sentences
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The effect of these lines, which reach back into the past while projecting far into the future, is that of a rebus, with the stunning phrase “the final whereabouts” offering one more breath of indirection.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2022
It reminds me of a surrealist painting, or a rebus puzzle.
From Slate • Aug. 6, 2021
A modern-day equivalent would be using a picture of an eye to represent “I” — a linguistic concept called the rebus principle.
From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2019
In the 1960s, she caused a small sensation by introducing the rebus puzzle.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2015
In San Antonio, Texas, the final contest was a fresh and very complicated rebus puzzle.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
