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21double — 1 / dVbFl/ adjective 1 OF TWO PARTS consisting of two parts that are similar or exactly the same: You can t park on double yellow lines. 2 double l/s/9 etc BrE spoken used when you are spelling a word or telling someone a number, to show that a… …
22double 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… …
23double*/*/ — [ˈdʌb(ə)l] adj I 1) consisting of two things or parts He went through the double doors.[/ex] a double murder[/ex] She suspected his words might have a double meaning (= two different meanings).[/ex] 2) containing or consisting of twice as much as …
24double — 1. adjective 1) a double garage double yellow lines Syn: dual, duplex, twin, binary, duplicate, in pairs, coupled, twofold Ant: single 2) a double helping …
25double entendre — noun (plural double entendres) Etymology: obsolete French, literally, double meaning Date: 1673 1. ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation 2. a word or expression capable of two interpretations …
26double-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.… …
27double entendre — dou•ble en•ten•dre [[t]ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drə, ˈtɑnd[/t]] fr. [[t]du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə[/t]] n. pl. dou•ble en•ten•dres [[t]ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drəz, ˈtɑndz[/t]] fr. [[t]du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə[/t]] 1) a word or expression used so that it can be understood in two ways …
28double entendre — n ambiguity, double meaning, suggested or hidden meaning; pun, word play, play on words, anagram; paradox, equivocation, dubiousness, indefiniteness, vagueness …
29double 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… …
30double 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… …
