Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.
- noun The use of such a word or phrase; ambiguity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A word or phrase with two meanings, or admitting of two interpretations, one of which is usually obscure or indelicate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
double entendre .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We notice the ambiguous response of a woman offered game by a hunter an earthy double-entendre in Dutch, as she slips off a shoe and reaches for her Bible.
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Now we just need to think of clever double-entendre annual dates for protests in favor of minimal restrictions on immigration, abolishment of tariffs, allowances for gay marriage, and decriminalization of prostitution, and then we'll be getting somewhere.
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
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I think they must have thought they were being very ooh-la-la along the lines of Pret - but maybe there were too many dog owners/country folk who recognised the double-entendre and didn't fancy abite after that!
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We notice the ambiguous response of a woman offered game by a hunter an earthy double-entendre in Dutch, as she slips off a shoe and reaches for her Bible.
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
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