- Play on words - A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is
used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in
opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the
sentence; punning.
- Charade - Jimi meant to conceal lip-sync - Mimicry without words - Play without words - Pretend to sing - Silent actor - A kind of drama in which real persons and events were
generally represented in a ridiculous manner.
- Homer has no right to have spun something plain and simple - Sherlock’s play on words reportedly unrefined - Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse;
plain. - Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. - Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun. - An unpolished, rustic person.
- acrid to taste - Bitter play, on words over chivalrous man - Sharp - Strong and sharp tasting - Causing a sharp sensation, as of the taste, smell, or
feelings; pricking; biting; acrid; as, a pungent spice. - Sharply painful; penetrating; poignant; severe;
caustic; stinging. - Prickly-pointed; hard and sharp.