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.]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wordplay n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia]