Hyphenation of punning

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word punning? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of punning:

1.	A humorous play on words I do it for the pun of it His constant punning irritated her
2.	Make a play on words Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning

Synonyms of punning:

noun	pun, wordplay, paronomasia, fun, play, sport

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