[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wordplay \word"play`\, n.
   a more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wordplay
     n : a humorous play on words; "i do it for the pun of it"; "his
         constant punning irritated her" syn: pun, punning, paronomasia
see also:
pun punning paronomasia 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

21 moby thesaurus words for "wordplay":
   abuse of terms, acrostic, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram,
   calembour, corruption, equivocality, equivoque, jeu de mots,
   logogram, logogriph, malapropism, metagram, missaying, palindrome,
   paronomasia, play on words, pun, punning, spoonerism

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