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double meaning — twofold meaning, meaning that can be understood in two or more ways … English contemporary dictionary
double meaning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. equivocation, double entendre, ambiguity. See vulgarity, wit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. double entendre, ambiguity, play on words, innuendo, pun; see also joke 2 … English dictionary for students
double meaning — noun : double entendre the men and girls strained to anticipate the double meanings Charles Jackson … Useful english dictionary
double meaning — noun The situation in which a word or phrase has two different, often opposite, meanings For example: wicked, meaning both good or great and bad or evil … Wiktionary
double-meaning — doubˈle meanˈing adjective Ambiguous (also noun) • • • Main Entry: ↑double … Useful english dictionary
double meaning — See ambiguity … Ballentine's law dictionary
having a double meaning — index ambiguous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
possessing double meaning — index equivocal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
double-entendre — [dub΄əl än tän′ drə; do͞o΄blôn tôn′drə] n. 〚Fr (now obs.), double meaning〛 1. a term with two meanings, esp. when one of them has a risqué or indecorous connotation 2. the use of such a term or terms; ambiguity * * * dou·ble en·ten·dre (dŭb əl än … Universalium
double entendre — [n] play on words ambiguity, amphibiology, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, innuendo, joke, pun, tergiversation; concepts 278,682 … New thesaurus
