English Explanatory Dictionary

single entendre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A phrase that has a single, often bawdy, meaning and is lacking in subtlety or cleverness.

Word forms

single entendre single entendres

Etymology

Based on the term double entendre.

Related words

double entendre triple entendre monosemous

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