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double dou·ble

Spelling: [duhb-uh l]

IPA: /ˈdʌb əl/

Double is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in double (bdelou).

Definitions for double

noun

1. anything that is twofold in size or amount or twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc.
2. a duplicate or counterpart; something exactly or closely resembling another:
3. Also called double room. a type of hotel accommodation with two beds, or sometimes a double bed, for occupancy by two persons. Compare twin1 (def 4).
4. a fold or plait.
5. an alcoholic drink containing twice the usual amount of alcohol.
6. a sudden backward turn or bend, as of a fox on the run in fox hunting; reversal.
7. a trick or artifice, as of argument in a formal debate.
8. a substitute actor or singer ready to take another's place, especially onstage; understudy.
9. Movies, Television. a substitute who performs feats or actions too hazardous or difficult for a star. body double.
10. Baseball. two-base hit.
11. Military. double time.
12. doubles, (used with a singular verb) a game or match in which there are two players on each side, as in tennis.
13. a challenge by an opponent that the declarer cannot fulfill the designated contract, increasing the points to be won or lost. a hand that warrants such a challenge.
14. Bridge. a conventional bid informing one's partner that a player's hand is of a certain strength.
15. Bowling. two strikes in succession:
16. daily double.
17. any of certain feasts in the Roman Catholic Church, marked by a doubled antiphon and taking precedence over lesser feasts.
18. Music Rare. a variation.
19. a former coin of France, the sixth part of a sol, issued in silver in the 14th century, later made of copper.
20. a person whose body is shown in a movie or TV show in substitution for a leading actor, especially in a nude scene.

Idioms

1. at the double, British Informal. on the double.
2. double in brass, Informal. to serve in two capacities; be able to do work different from one's own:
3. double or nothing, a bet having as its outcome either the doubling of a previous loss or debt or the canceling of that loss or debt. Also, double or quits.
4. on the double, Informal. without delay; rapidly: in double time, as marching troops.

adverb

1. to twice the amount, number, extent, etc.; twofold; doubly.
2. two together:

adjective

1. twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.:
2. composed of two like parts or members; twofold in form; paired:
3. of, relating to, or suitable for two persons:
4. twofold in character, meaning, or conduct; dual or ambiguous:
5. deceitful; hypocritical; insincere.
6. (of musical instruments) producing a tone an octave lower than the notes indicate.
7. duple, as time or rhythm.
8. folded in two; having one half folded over the other.
9. (of a bed or bedclothes) full-size:
10. Botany. (of flowers) having many more than the normal number of petals:

Verb phrases

1. double down, (in blackjack) to double an initial bet, on the condition that one can be dealt only one more card: to increase one’s efforts or hold to a position or opinion, especially when vulnerable or taking a risk:
2. double up, to share quarters planned for only one person or family: to bend over, as from pain:

verb (used with object)

1. to make double or twice as great; to add an equal amount to:
2. to bend or fold with or as with one part over another (often followed by over, up, back, etc.):
3. to clench:
4. to be or have twice as much as:
5. Nautical. to sail around (a projecting area of land): to add a new layer of planking or ceiling to (an old wooden hull).
6. to pair; couple:
7. Music. to reduplicate by means of a tone in another part, either at the unison or at an octave above or below.
8. to challenge (the bid of an opponent) by making a call that increases the value of tricks to be won or lost. to challenge the bid of (an opponent):
9. Baseball. to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a two-base hit: to cause (a run) to be scored by a two-base hit (often followed by in): to put out (a base runner) as the second out of a double play (often followed by up).

verb (used without object)

1. to become double:
2. to bend or fold (often followed by up or over):
3. to turn back on a course or reverse direction (often followed by back):
4. Military. to march at the double-time pace.
5. to serve in two capacities or in an additional capacity:
6. to act as a double in a play, motion picture, or the like.
7. Music. to play an instrument besides one's regular instrument (usually followed by on):
8. (in bridge and other card games) to double the bid of an opponent.
9. Baseball. to make a two-base hit.
10. to double-date.

Origin of double

1175-1225; Middle English Old French Latin duplus, equivalent to du(o) two + -plus -fold

Examples for double

If you don't put down that gun in double quick time, you'll repent it.

They double down on the plot device of a lone visionary opposed by conventional hierarchies.

That year, among the many double Golds promiscuously handed out to various bourbons, one went to Old Grand Dad.

The mighty man of Kittery has a double claim to remembrance.

The germinating cases, A A, are of iron; the bottoms are double.

It's like the old game: you think of a number, and they double it.

Then he would have the double satisfaction of using the boat and disappointing Robert.

And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’

We should undo that double standard by offering similar protections to every young Black man who is arrested in this country.

Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.