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DOUBLE ENTENDRE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does double entendre mean?
• DOUBLE ENTENDRE (noun)
The noun DOUBLE ENTENDRE has 1 sense:
1. an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
Familiarity information: DOUBLE ENTENDRE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("double entendre" is a kind of...):
ambiguity (an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context)
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