Word Meaning

innuendo definition and meaning

n. An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
n. An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.

Crossword clues for innuendo

- Implication
- Implied suggestion
- Indirect meaning
- Insinuation
- Sly dig
- Sly suggestion
- Snide reference
- Suggestion
- Suggestion that nine undo tangle