دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی play on words )

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play on words
an amusing use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word:

The name of the shop - 'Strata Various' - is a play on words, because it sounds like 'Stradivarius', the famous violin maker.

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Idioms

a play on words
a type of joke using a word or phrase that has two meanings.

It's a play on words - I suppose by calling a hairdresser's 'A Cut Above' they were hoping to give themselves a more sophisticated image.

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a play on words
a humorous use of a word to suggest a different meaning

Newspaper headlines often use a play on words to give a different meaning to a sentence.

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