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Examples of double entendre in a Sentence
The song's title is a double entendre.
Recent Examples of double entendre from the Web
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Midland is not alone in its reverence for double entendres and crooked lines.
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Artistic director Kevin Stalheim explained that a number of pieces on the program would be loaded with double entendre on the words piece and peace.
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Popular in England since the early 1700s, the panto is eccentric entertainment with comical characters, lots of audience participation and, though the show may be aimed at kids, the kind of double entendres that elicit a wicked chuckle from adults.
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And then there's the grande dame, Lady Edith (Glenn Close), a shotgun-wielding aunt who pops up every now and again to elucidate some themes with glorious double entendres.
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The article goes on, not surprisingly, to use several other double entendres in addressing the unorthodox Christmas scene.
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There was almost a double entendre, like an S&M meaning that could be read into all of the lyrics.
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There was almost a double entendre, like an S
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The team nickname rosters were released this week, and baseball fans have entertained themselves trying to decipher secret meanings and double entendres.
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What is the Difference Between a double entendre and a pun?
The words double entendre and pun are both about double meanings. Double entendre, in fact, originated in an obsolete expression in French, which means “double meaning.” The origins of pun are less certain, but it likely traces to the Italian word puntiglio meaning “fine point, quibble.” In English, double entendre refers to a double meaning in which one meaning is usually shocking or risqué in its sexual suggestiveness. Pun usually has more to do with silly or humorous double meanings than with anything sexually suggestive or lewd.
Origin and Etymology of double entendre
First Known Use: 1673
in the meaning defined at sense 2
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DOUBLE ENTENDRE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of double entendre for English Language Learners
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: a word or expression that can be understood in two different ways with one way usually referring to sex
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