# Double meaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 9, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144 "2017-08-09T01:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/101 "2017-10-04T03:35:41Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > Bosom bosom. Not quite. The adjective “bigger” is not taken into consideration. And when I said undergarment, I meant a literal article of clothing. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/102 "2017-10-04T12:59:37Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > wave wave. I had in mind “salvo salvo” for “tribute barrage”, but this works too. > [@jtur88](#): > > Bear stream brook brook confounded stitching ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/103 "2017-10-04T14:42:28Z")
darn darn Corner corvid. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/104 "2017-10-04T19:03:21Z")
Closest I can think of is crook rook. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/105 "2017-10-04T22:02:57Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Closest I can think of is crook rook. Rook rook is right, Rook occupied corner square on a chessboard. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/106 "2017-10-05T03:18:08Z")
Chair for an aging sixties musician? ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/107 "2017-10-05T05:13:29Z")
Rocker rocker The later last mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/108 "2017-10-05T07:28:28Z")
“latter latter” would work – is that what you have in mind? ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/109 "2017-10-05T12:41:58Z")
To be held in place swiftly. _– related–_ To be alive (in an old fashioned manner of speaking) swiftly. The first one could also be: To not eat for a very short period of time. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/110 "2017-10-05T12:47:06Z")
quick quick. Failed fashion lines. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/111 "2017-10-05T13:52:13Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Failed fashion lines. duds duds > [@Oly](#): > > To be held in place swiftly. fast fast ××××× river blossom ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/112 "2017-10-05T14:25:57Z")
flower flower. attach basic ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/113 "2017-10-06T04:00:20Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > attach basic Staple staple? Rip a droplet. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/114 "2017-10-06T04:46:04Z")
Tear tear. “It was the digit that did it!” ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/115 "2017-10-06T05:33:30Z")
finger finger One who prohibits flag-flying ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/116 "2017-10-06T12:12:56Z")
banner banner (good cryptic style clue) motto of a 90’s Christian rock band ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/117 "2017-10-06T19:23:05Z")
Creed creed Reposting since it wasn’t correctly solved: Undergarment for bigger breasts. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/118 "2017-10-06T20:24:00Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > “latter latter” would work – is that what you have in mind? correctomundo! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/119 "2017-10-07T01:35:55Z")
Dice worker with the flu. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2017, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/120 "2017-10-07T13:18:52Z")
crouper crouper? (although one is misspelled and one is a stretch) assuming it’s the desired answer: Pisa edifice relocater [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144.md?page=7)