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  • 71double entendre — /dub euhl ahn tahn dreuh, tahnd /; Fr. /dooh blahonn tahonn drddeu/, pl. double entendres /dub euhl ahn tahn dreuhz, tahndz /; Fr. /dooh blahonn tahonn drddeu/. 1. a double meaning. 2. a word or expression used in a given context so that it can… …

    Universalium

  • 72double entendre — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, ambiguousness, amphibology, belly laugh, blue story, complexity of meaning, counterword, dirty joke, dirty story, double meaning, double reference, equivocacy, equivocal, equivocality, equivocalness,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 73double-entendre — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double meaning, ambiguity, pun; see double meaning , joke 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An expression or term liable to more than one interpretation: ambiguity, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, tergiversation.… …

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  • 74double entendre — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [DUB ul on TON druh] a word or statement having two meanings, a risque ambiguity. The comedian couldn t be as frank as he wanted, so he used a lot of double entendres. SYN.: ambiguity, double… …

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  • 75double entendre — double en|ten|dre [ˌdu:blɔnˈtɔndrə US bla:nˈta:n ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: double understanding (1600 1700)] a word or phrase that may be understood in two different ways, one of which is often sexual …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 76double entendre — dou|ble en|ten|dre [ ,dubl an tandrə ] noun count a word or phrase that you use deliberately, knowing that it has two meanings, one of which is rude or funny because it refers to sex …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 77double entendre — dou·ble en·ten·dre || ‚duːblÉ’0303;ːn tÉ’0303;ːndrÉ™ word or expression that has two different meanings one of which is obscure …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 78La Voix que vous allez entendre — The Next Voice You Hear    Comédie de William Wellman, avec James Whitmore, Nancy Davis, Lillian Bronson, Jeff Corey.   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1950   Technique: noir et blanc   Durée: 1 h 22    Résumé    Lorsque Dieu intervient par le …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 79double entendre —    (doo bl anh TANH dreu) [French] A double meaning; a phrase or word that can be understood in two ways, especially when one sense is improper or risqué.    So there he is, naked, reading a newspaper and muttering feeble double entendres, as he… …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 80(a) double entendre — a word or phrase which has two different meanings, one of which is sexual or rude. His speech at the dinner was full of bad jokes and double entendres …

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