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.
A Dutch Master Returns Karen Wilkin 2011
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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.
Archive 2009-04-01 KaneCitizen 2009
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
Your suggestions 2009
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
Your suggestions 2009
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
Your suggestions 2009
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
Your suggestions 2009
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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.
A Dutch Master Returns Karen Wilkin 2011
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
Your suggestions 2009
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Travis, an albur is a double-entendre play on words.
Your suggestions 2009
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