# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/161 "2017-10-16T01:11:08Z")
Eat muffler is scarf scarf A flip-flop ---
**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 18, 2017, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/162 "2017-10-18T04:24:22Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > A flip-flop We seem to be \_\_\_\_\_ed on this one. How about another clue? Meantime, fill in the blank: Horse’s home, kaput. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/163 "2017-10-18T16:01:03Z")
Stumped fits but doesn’t seem to fit your clues. Clue for A flip-flop: It’s not a switch. ---
**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 18, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/164 "2017-10-18T16:14:25Z")
> [@Oly](#): > > We seem to be \_\_\_\_\_ed on this one. How about another clue? > > Meantime, fill in the blank: Horse’s home, kaput. stall stall? ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/165 "2017-10-18T16:28:38Z")
Ah, stall. Very good. ---
**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 20, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/166 "2017-10-20T15:56:45Z")
Coalesce a harvesting machine ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/167 "2017-10-20T16:16:06Z")
Coalesce a harvesting machine - combine combine One still in play and a new one: A flip-flop Forbid a lounge ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/168 "2017-10-20T20:14:35Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > Forbid a lounge Bar bar. Turned the injury. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/169 "2017-10-20T20:31:55Z")
Turned the injury - Wound wound Hint for A flip-flop: Think of A as One: One flip-flop ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/170 "2017-10-21T12:24:10Z")
Stuck on One flip-flop a new one: Understand a (particular) Farrah Fawcett flick. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/171 "2017-10-21T12:32:36Z")
Stuck on One flip-flop CORRECTION a new one: Understand a (particular one-word) Raquel Welch flick. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/172 "2017-10-21T12:36:03Z")
BTW, here’s a list of half of most of the answers posted so far adder angle army axes ball banner bar bass beef being bench bingo boner bore bow boxer? brook bubble bug bust bustier cabinet cast catch? change chop coach combine court cow creed crow darn derby does dove drag drawer drill duck duds edge engineer English fair farm fashion fine finger fire fish flame? flat flower fox frank fret gay get goose ground gruse high? hunch issue knock latter light log mean night oversee parson’s pat petty pick polish poster puck punt purchase quick rainier rake rank refuse revolution rocker rook rummy sanction scarf scat scat scat shed shoot shower shrink sight skunks sound speculum spell stable stall staple state steers stool strand suspension swallow(s) tear thread tie top tower trumps tweet use wave weasel wind won (foreign) wound yarn ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/173 "2017-10-21T13:56:35Z")
Understand a (particular one-word) Raquel Welch flick. Fathom Fathom Darryl’s fruits ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/174 "2017-10-21T14:09:49Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Darryl’s fruits Strawberry’s strawberries? ---
**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 21, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/175 "2017-10-21T16:45:22Z")
A flip-flop? Sole sole …referring to the shoe? ---
**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 21, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/176 "2017-10-21T16:53:53Z")
I saw this in a cryptic puzzle once: Foot folklore? ---
**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 21, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/177 "2017-10-21T19:14:32Z")
how many letters? 😛 legend legend? ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/178 "2017-10-21T20:27:11Z")
You got it, Biotop. A flip-flop is a sole sole. Good job. Still in play: Foot folklore? ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/179 "2017-10-21T22:12:27Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > how many letters? 😛 > > legend legend? That’s it. ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/180 "2017-10-21T22:46:04Z")
ok… now I get “a flip flop.” That’s how those cryptics always get me, when they actually make “a” a clue. Tall Cheers actress [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144.md?page=10)