Definition: having two meanings with intent to deceive
Usage: a sly double meaning; spoke with forked tongue
Similar words: equivocal, ambiguous
Definition: open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
Usage: an equivocal statement; the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates; the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness; popularity is an equivocal crown; an equivocal response to an embarrassing question
Synonyms: bifurcate, biramous, branched, forficate, fork-like, forked, pronged, prongy
Definition: resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches
Usage: the biramous appendages of an arthropod; long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects; a forked river; a forked tail; forked lightning; horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots