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triple-entendre

triple-entendre is the alternative form of triple entendre.

Meaning of triple entendre

Noun

triple entendre (plural triple entendres)

  1. (humorous, rhetoric) A phrase that has three meanings, especially where some meanings are innocent and literal, the other(s) risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
    • In a triple entendre of the highest order, Linnell summarizes the song.1998 July 1, Christopher M. Stangl, “"Snail Shell" interp: Quetzacoatl's Cock Tease”, in alt.music.tmbg (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022

Forms of triple-entendre

pluraltriple-entendres

Questions about triple-entendre

What is triple-entendre the alternative form of?
Triple-entendre is the alternative form of triple entendre.

Words near triple-entendre in the dictionary

  1. triple-clicks
  2. triple-decker
  3. triple-deckers
  4. triple-double
  5. triple-E
  6. triple-entendre
  7. triple-entendres
  8. triple-full
  9. triple-fulls
  10. triple-hat
  11. triple-hats

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