double entendre in English

noun
1
a word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent.
The country's funniest entertainers have been warned to keep their double entendres to themselves when they appear at the British Comedy Awards 2003.
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Below are sample sentences containing the word "double entendre" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "double entendre", or refer to the context using the word "double entendre" in the English Dictionary.

1. He became enraged at the double entendre.

2. The intrinsic hilarity of the double entendre?

3. He has a fondness for outrageous double entendre.

4. He is a master of the pun and the double entendre.

5. The term "Cracker barrel" is a double entendre, but not the sexy kind

6. It was funny surely, because it dissolved that secret source of female power into a double entendre.

7. The double entendre implied in the mark (perfume and the female form) add depth, meaning and a sense of discovery to the identity.

8. But when the "social web" gave way to "social media", it didn't take long to figure out that our double entendre had become a single entendre.

9. This was greeted with an irreverent laugh, and the youth blushed deeply, and tried to look as if he had meant to insinuate what knowing people called a "double entendre."

10. The subject of a Calypso text, usually witty and satiric, is a local and topical event of political and social import, and the tone is one of allusion, mockery, and double entendre.

11. 1 Nomenclature and Etymology 2 Appearance 3 Information 4 Trivia Akan's name appears to be a double entendre of the words "aka" (あか; red) and/or theKansai-benword "Akan