Double entendre Moderate

Double entendre has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

double entendre

A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.

See Also

phrase double entendres single entendre play on words carry on film wordplay ironic ecchi

Related Terms

phrase double entendres single entendre play on words carry on film wordplay ironic ecchi ooer as actress said to bishop bawdy innocent meaning risqué innuendo double meaning literal equivocation oo er

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

ambiguity

Rhyming Words

dre cdre cadre madre padre indre cidre cmdre andre tendre aundre sandre deidre diedre bowdre deandre deirdre dierdre chelydre legendre

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