Braingle: 'Double-Nitions' Brain Teaser

Double-Nitions

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#27742
Fun:	(3.19)
Difficulty:	(1.49)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	peppamintp

Many of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are eleven pairs of definitions. Both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first letters of the eleven answers will spell out the name of a beloved TV celebrity.

1. Spend time idly or bread unit
2. Worker's organization or marriage
3. Pine tree fruit or ice cream holder
4. Feeling of curiosity or savings account accrual
5. Land parcel or considerable quantity
6. Illumination or not weighty at all
7. Typewriter type style or the VIP crowd
8. Baby's toy or city square
9. Weapon or upper body appendage
10. Bowling group or three nautical miles
11. Stand at a slant or thin

Answer

1. Loaf
2. Union
3. Cone
4. Interest
5. Lot
6. Light
7. Elite
8. Block
9. Arm
10. League
11. Lean

Celebrity: Lucille Ball
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Comments

redraptor50 Dec 28, 2005	HEY PEPP I LOVED IT
nightowl19 Dec 28, 2005	That was so Cool!! Keep up the good work!!
renae Dec 28, 2005	Thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you!
zonarita Dec 28, 2005	Great teaser - super job!
kimberlykay Dec 28, 2005	Peppa, you are on a roll...keep up the good work! Loved it!
gillt13 Dec 29, 2005	Loved it. Didn't get all of them right tho
OldChinaHand Feb 12, 2006	Fun and Easy.
churchlady Feb 12, 2006	Fun - though I did miss #8 - haha. Keep them coming.
coachpisco Feb 12, 2006	Well thought out. I enjoyed it.
bootscooter58 Feb 12, 2006	So much fun -- I only missed two
speediebean Feb 12, 2006	Very fun, two-thumbs up!! I won't give away any secrets, but the beloved "person" that read downward from the first letters of all the answers has always been one of my favourites!! Lovely lovely work Pepp!!
xolilangel827ox Feb 12, 2006	wow that was a great and fun teaser! i missed a couple of them, but figured out who the celebrity was !!! great job pep!
smee Feb 12, 2006	I really liked this teaser... not too hard, not too easy... this one was fun!
bobbet Feb 12, 2006	not bad, easybut fun where is the coffee
thecelticgod Feb 12, 2006	Lotsa fun with my Sunday morning coffee. Thank you.
Vigo95 Feb 12, 2006	thi was great ! i loved it ! it has everything i like . YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bradon182001 Feb 12, 2006	It didn't challenge enough, too easy.
lazy-boy Feb 12, 2006	Hey Bradon ,Not everybody is a college graduate ,some players are dropouts so you have to entertain both levels of mentality NO OFFENCE
brokenbrain Feb 12, 2006	This one was fun. Send some more.
kayt010 Feb 12, 2006	HARD----only got 1!!!!!!
feste Feb 12, 2006	I loved it. Why? Because I finally found one I could work. After the first 3 letters, the answer was apparent. The rest was fun.
highlama Feb 12, 2006	easy but fun to solve.
cartwheel_queen Feb 12, 2006	im like kayt010 i only got one o well great teaser
yesenia8rivera Feb 12, 2006	You write some of the coolest teasers even if I don't get them all. Keep up the good work!
vancon Feb 12, 2006	Very fun! Thanks!
horse_luver Feb 12, 2006	Got all except #7. Fun!
vlerma Feb 12, 2006	Hey Peppa you are so awesome. I love your work. Most are just hard enough to make them challenging but easy enough to keep us coming back. Great job. LOVED IT!!! And by not using Lucy made one wonder if you were on the right track. Double whamy.
bildmup Feb 12, 2006	pretty fun...helped that i figured out the celebrity first.. made the last answers easier.
Vigo95 Feb 12, 2006	hi vlerma ! i saw your suggestion on how i should deal with BESA . thanks
Saketh Feb 12, 2006	That was fun and easy, although a few were tricky. I got it in under a minute!!!
BrenBeadSP Feb 12, 2006	Great, fun, fun, fun. Thanks so much for a real delight in my long day.
shortee Feb 12, 2006	I got the name of the star before I got all the answers.
thimblenoggin Feb 12, 2006	Got to waste a whole minute on it.
c_rae Feb 12, 2006	Fun and quick to solve! This is a great combination with a 2 year old on the loose!
sugarnspice4u7 Feb 12, 2006	send more~~!!! great job!!!
lorelle_b Feb 12, 2006	GREAT TEASER! exceptionally fun and unique...after i got the first two letters, i figured out who it was...and i love lucy!
southerngirl13 Feb 12, 2006	that was pretty dang good! i hope to see more like these, 'cause a lot of times these 'teasers' suck!!! good job peppermint or whatever your name is!
hockeygirl Feb 12, 2006	i only got a few of them but oh well it was still a very well thought out and well done i liked it alot!!
bluehawk Feb 12, 2006	I ENJOYED THIS ONE PEPPERMINTP. YOU MAKE THEM ENTERTAINING AND FUN TO USE THE BRAIN. "I LOVE LUCY" TOO....... THANKS FOR THE FUN.
ragethe3rd Feb 12, 2006	Yay fun!
azbee123 Feb 12, 2006	amazingly cute!!!!!!!! i didnt get very many of them though keep these coming!
cassiemark Feb 13, 2006	I liked that one a lot! Good job
(user deleted) Feb 13, 2006	Excellent one! I got them all - had to work on it a bit though. Not too hard, not too easy - just right!
choptlivva Mar 19, 2006	Great job PP!!! I got hung up on the type style though.... it's been a VERY long time since I used a typewriter!!!
peppamintp Mar 22, 2006	I am glad all of you enjoy my work Thanks for the comments
kashby Apr 13, 2006	good 1, that must have taken you forever to write out
lmurray Feb 13, 2007	CUTE, BUT CERTAINLY NO CHALLENGE. WAY TOO EASY!!!!
marschie Feb 13, 2007	Lots of fun -- thank you, Peppa!
Trishgal Feb 13, 2007	Figuring out the celebrity first probably made it really easy , anyway it was a cute teaser and i enjoyed figuring then out.THX.
gamhund Feb 13, 2007	Joined this site several days ago. First one I was able to do. Thanks!!
katjojo Feb 13, 2007	Very cute!!
coachpisco Feb 13, 2007	Very very good. I really liked this double teaser.
puttumup Feb 13, 2007	ptretty good i got most of them...good work
bradon182001 Feb 13, 2007	Still eacy, but enjoyable. After several days of not solving any teaser, it's good to be able to get the right answer.
campfirecutie Feb 13, 2007	Easy teaser for me but so much fun!! Keep them coming!!
doehead Feb 13, 2007	Ho-Hum
phyllisa Feb 13, 2007	A+ to Peppa, I got Lucy first, got stuck on "block", B for me, I loved it
(user deleted) Feb 13, 2007	It was a very good puzzle. The typewritter font threw me since i am so used to computers now.
FatHead Feb 13, 2007	I missed #7, but got the "Bonus". I loved it!
AbsurdHero Feb 13, 2007	I guess the fact that I missed the typewriter reference firmly cements me as a member of Generation Y. I haven't used one of those since I was like 8 years old.
scallio Feb 13, 2007	That's funny, Hero, because that was the word I missed too! Didn't need it to know the final answer though. Great teaser!
Pizzazz2u Feb 13, 2007	A definitely terrific teaser! The teaser did get you to think about the answers. Even though it was easy for me, it was still enjoyable to conquer. Keep up the superb work!
speedqueenkmw Feb 13, 2007	see, being a tad older helps sometimes. Learning on a typewriter helped me to get #7. This was easy but lotsa fun. Keep em' comin'.
cloughme Feb 13, 2007	For once I am afraid I must agree with LMURRAY... way too easy.
dachshund2k3 Feb 13, 2007	Easy, easy, easy. I didn't need to get all of the definitions to get the celebrity name. I only got about four before I got the answer.
mumbojumbo1234 Feb 13, 2007	The point was the get all of the definitions, not to get the name of the celebrity. The celebrity helped with the words. Fun, and not too difficult.
OhEmGee Feb 13, 2007	kinda long
jabdr Feb 13, 2007	Thanks peppa...the perfect teaser. Fun, semi-easy, but with an added twist. Great job
breathesunshine Feb 13, 2007	I liked that this was on the easy side. Some of us need easier ones to restore our faith in our brains after we stumble through the harder ones.
if_i_may94 Feb 13, 2007	Who is lucille ball????
lrrbttrfly Feb 13, 2007	way easy!!!
Qrystal Feb 15, 2007	Hrm, I didn't know #7, wouldn't have known. I'd call typewriter font "Courier" But I figured courier didn't fit the VIP thing. The others were all easy, though. I missed the instruction about finding the celebrity! When I saw it in the answer, I was like.. huh? why is there a celebrity name there? And I reread the question and smacked myself in the forehead....
FutureMD Jul 02, 2007	Pretty Easy, but I would really like more brain teasers like this.
J-Mac Feb 13, 2010	Easy but also fun! Nice job! Thank you. Jim
doehead Feb 13, 2010	Ditto my remark of three years ago.
wordmama Feb 13, 2010	As you can tell by my 'handle', I got the definitions right off the bat! Getting the celebrity after the first two pairs of defs. definitely made the rest of the answers even easier to get! Very easy but just as enjoyable!
wordmama Feb 13, 2010	BTW: Please tell me those who got only 1 ans. right are 10 or under, and those who got 'only a few' are 14 or under!!? ----Worried teacher
patiencewithaP Feb 13, 2010	Fun!
auntiesis Feb 13, 2010	Way easy, but lots of fun.
avonma Feb 13, 2010	Got'em all! Easy and Fun
jcann Feb 13, 2010	Not too hard, but fun!
TallTimber Feb 13, 2010	Nice teaser.
Babe Feb 13, 2013	All you had to get were the first four and the rest came easy. You look down and see LUCI and you knew it was going to be Lucille Ball so all you had to do was write her name down and you had the first letter to every clue. Fun and easy!
gaylewolf Feb 13, 2013	Babe said it all and I agree! Easy but fun!
cutebug Feb 13, 2013	Agree w Babe & Gayle
HABS2933 Feb 13, 2013	Really enjoyed it, also agree with Babe.
jaycr Feb 13, 2013	Aw what the heck, I'll agree with babe too.