to make puns, to crack corny jokes
Einen Kalauer oder platten Wortwitz machen, salopp scherzen.
To hide in ambush to surprise or catch someone/something.
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Mein Onkel kalauert bei jeder Gelegenheit über seinen Namen.— My uncle puns about his own name at every opportunity.
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Die Kinder kalauerten den ganzen Nachmittag herum.— The children kept punning around all afternoon.
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