double-entendre

The definition of a double entendre is a word that can have two meanings, usually with one being risqué.

(noun)

An example of a double entendre is the word "hold" in the pick-up line, "If I compliment your body, will you hold it against me?"

See double-entendre in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a term with two meanings, esp. when one of them has a risqué or indecorous connotation
the use of such a term or terms; ambiguity

Origin: Fr (now obs.), double meaning

See double-entendre in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A word or phrase having a double meaning, especially when the second meaning is risqué.
The use of such a word or phrase; ambiguity.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French

Origin: : double, double

Origin: + entendre, to mean, interpretation

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