Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: double entendre  'doo-b(u)l-ón'tónd(-ru)
  1. An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate
    "The comedian's jokes were full of double entendres, causing both laughter and blushes"

Derived forms: double entendres

Type of: ambiguity

Encyclopedia: Double entendre