Words that can have different meanings (but spelt the same).

Cock - Feathered and not
Tit - Bird and not
Pussy - Pet, pet it, or be too timid to stroke either!

I came to share “Bored,” but saw it was taken.
 
dipper
in British English
(ˈdɪpə IPA Pronunciation Guide )
noun
1. a ladle used for dipping
2. Also called: water ouzel
any aquatic songbird of the genus Cinclus and family Cinclidae, esp C. cinclus. They inhabit fast-flowing streams and resemble large wrens
3. a slang word for pickpocket
4. a person or thing that dips, such as the mechanism for directing car headlights downwards
5. a small metal cup clipped onto a painter's palette for holding diluent or medium
6. archaic
an Anabaptist
7. a slang word for a resident of the city Liverpool, particularly associated with supporters of the football team of the same name (offensive, but only to dippers for some reason)
 
NPBlue said:
Lots of English words have two, or sometimes, three meanings, but sound the same.

Two, to and too for example.

Weather and whether.

There and their.

Some are spelt the same, sound different, and have different meanings.

Minute and minute, for example.

And how do you correctly write there are three two's in the English language?

I'm buggered if I know.
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and i had geordie teach me english well i think thats what he was teaching might as well of been foreign laguage
 
KS55 said:
Set
I have set the table
A lovely chess set
First set to Laver
Ready, set, go
I set off for the match
That jelly is not set yet
Are we all set?
My teeth are an expensive set
That diamond is set in gold
The sun has not set yet
I saw a gorgeous girl on the film set
My heart is set on her
The film was set in Salford
The band played just one set
He set up a robbery
Blue Moon is a set of loonies
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That’s quite enough set. Ed.
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Allegedly "set" is the word with the most connotations in the english language
 
KS55 said:
Set
I have set the table
A lovely chess set
First set to Laver
Ready, set, go
I set off for the match
That jelly is not set yet
Are we all set?
My teeth are an expensive set
That diamond is set in gold
The sun has not set yet
I saw a gorgeous girl on the film set
My heart is set on her
The film was set in Salford
The band played just one set
He set up a robbery
Blue Moon is a set of loonies
*********
That’s quite enough set. Ed.
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Nicely done!

You've set the bar for witty replies.
And so
I'm off to the bar, in celebration!
Lest you be worried, dear friend...
No moderator will bar you for that remarkable post!
 
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High.

He was high on cannabis. (intoxicated).
We were standing high up on Bowfell. (distance above ground.)
I went to X High School. (A school above primary level)
Lord High Constable/Lord High Admiral/High Commissioner. (A very important officer/government official.)
I travelled along the high road. (A principal road. Or possibly an elevated one.)
I received a high rate of interest. (Larger than normal.)
 
BrianW said:
High.

He was high on cannabis. (intoxicated).
We were standing high up on Bowfell. (distance above ground.)
I went to X High School. (A school above primary level)
Lord High Constable/Lord High Admiral/High Commissioner. (A very important officer/government official.)
I travelled along the high road. (A principal road. Or possibly an elevated one.)
I received a high rate of interest. (Larger than normal.)
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Hi!
 
Twat. An unlikeable person.
Twat. A term of endearment to signify a person (usually a friend) has had you over (usually in an argument).
Twat. To hit a tennis ball rather hard (usually at the twat of a mate who just cunningly lobbed you at the net).
Twat. To batter someone (usually not your mate but can be if highly toxic levels of alcohol and / or football involved.)
 
KS55 said:
Set
I have set the table
A lovely chess set
First set to Laver
Ready, set, go
I set off for the match
That jelly is not set yet
Are we all set?
My teeth are an expensive set
That diamond is set in gold
The sun has not set yet
I saw a gorgeous girl on the film set
My heart is set on her
The film was set in Salford
The band played just one set
He set up a robbery
Blue Moon is a set of loonies
*********
That’s quite enough set. Ed.
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Mint.
 
I have wood.
Do you have wood, to build that table?
Would you happen to have wood at this moment in time?
I have wood, would you like it?
 
Wank

A pleasurable past-time or an inference something is rubbish.

‘I had a right good wank earlier, and now I’m sat watching this wank’ said many-a-rag the last decade.
 
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