Meaning of Entendre | Babel Free

Definitions

A meaning, especially one that is implied rather than explicitly stated.

Equivalents

Examples

“Like⟳ Lon Chaney, this mind’s mummy lives—but beneath how many wrappings of multiple entendres?”

““Come⟳ on baby let’s ride⟳ / slide⟳ on into your four-wheel-drive and ride⟳,” the singer urges, conveying more entendres than two.”

“Still, in pursuit of said Phantom Nympho, much fun had been had – and more entendres doubled than you could shake⟳ a stick⟳ at.”

“Though he decries “egghead philosophers who try⟳ to tell⟳ us what we are,” even [Vince] McMahon notes a historical connection surrounding the evolution of WWF plot lines. In the 1980s, echoing the Cold War, it was mostly a matter⟳ of good guys versus bad guys. “Black and white, pretty simple,” he says. “But now we’re into more entendres, different shadings.””

“[…] and double⟳-, triple-, multiple-entendres of its very title already begin⟳ to dramatize, and with the effect of seeming to replicate the very miscarriage of ‘dialectic’ itself that is the crux of the book’s indictment of ‘enlightenment’.”

“Ono Komachi was a prominent and gifted poet in her day. She was able to weave emotional intensity, multiple entendres, and metaphors together to form⟳ elegant poetry.”

“Survivor had been developed as Survive⟳ by Charlie Parsons. When I’d talk⟳ to people about it, they thought it sounded like⟳ a military thing or an athletic test⟳ of skill and strength. But it’s really a psychological and social experiment⟳. “Survivor” had more entendres.”

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