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double entendre
[ duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druh, -tahnd; French doo-blahn-tahn-druh ]
noun
- a double meaning.
- a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué.
double entendre
/ ˈdʌbəl ɑːnˈtɑːndrə; -ˈtɑːnd; dubl ɑ̃tɑ̃drə /
noun
- a word, phrase, etc, that can be interpreted in two ways, esp one having one meaning that is indelicate
- the type of humour that depends upon such ambiguity
double-entendre
- A word or expression that has two different meanings (in French, double-entendre means “double meaning”), one of which is often bawdy or indelicate. A double-entendre is found in this sentence: “A nudist camp is simply a place where men and women meet to air their differences.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of double entendre1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of double entendre1
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Example Sentences
"Hello Kitty" as a double entendre is actually surprisingly modest and sneaky.
The double entendre works, says Ward, whose job includes inventing these combinations and giving them catchy names.
The title The Bang Bang Club could almost be a double entendre, considering how much sex you guys have in the film.
Axe drives a double entendre into the ground with this little doozy.
The book is called Help—a postmodern touch and, for the long-suffering maids, a clever double-entendre.
A double-entendre is designed here, and the same is often to be found in old plays.
Now large teeth do not lend themselves to well-spoken comedy scenes, to smiles, or to double entendre.
It was impossible to think of telling her a nasty story, a "double entendre" fell flat when she was there.
I answered hastily, trying to avoid the unpleasant double entendre, and choosing to accept it in its strictly explicit phase.
Though a good fellow and a wisely humorous one, he seldom said any thing whose cleverness lay in a double-entendre.
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