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Quick definitions from WordNet (double)
▸ noun: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base ("He hit a double to deep centerfield")
▸ noun: a quantity that is twice as great as another ("36 is the double of 18")
▸ noun: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) ("He could be Gingrich's double")
▸ noun: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts ("His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable")
▸ noun: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 ("I decided his double was a bluff")
▸ verb: bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
▸ verb: increase twofold ("The population doubled within 50 years")
▸ verb: hit a two-base hit
▸ verb: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions ("She doubles as his wife and secretary")
▸ verb: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain ("He doubled and vomited violently")
▸ verb: make or do or perform again
▸ adjective: large enough for two ("A double bed")
▸ adjective: twice as great or many ("Ate a double portion")
▸ adjective: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs ("An egg with a double yolk")
▸ adjective: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities ("A double (or dual) role for an actor")
▸ adjective: used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements ("Double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical")
▸ adjective: having two meanings with intent to deceive ("A sly double meaning")
▸ adjective: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
▸ adverb: two together ("Some people sleep better double")
▸ adverb: downward and forward ("He was bent double with pain")
▸ adverb: to double the degree ("His eyes were double bright")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #27774)
▸ Also see doubling
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to double
▸ Usage examples for double
▸ Idioms related to double (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing double
▸ Popular nouns described by double
▸ Words that often appear near double
▸ Rhymes of double
▸ Invented words related to double
▸ noun: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base ("He hit a double to deep centerfield")
▸ noun: a quantity that is twice as great as another ("36 is the double of 18")
▸ noun: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) ("He could be Gingrich's double")
▸ noun: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts ("His first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable")
▸ noun: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 ("I decided his double was a bluff")
▸ verb: bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
▸ verb: increase twofold ("The population doubled within 50 years")
▸ verb: hit a two-base hit
▸ verb: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions ("She doubles as his wife and secretary")
▸ verb: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain ("He doubled and vomited violently")
▸ verb: make or do or perform again
▸ adjective: large enough for two ("A double bed")
▸ adjective: twice as great or many ("Ate a double portion")
▸ adjective: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs ("An egg with a double yolk")
▸ adjective: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities ("A double (or dual) role for an actor")
▸ adjective: used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements ("Double chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually spherical or hemispherical")
▸ adjective: having two meanings with intent to deceive ("A sly double meaning")
▸ adjective: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
▸ adverb: two together ("Some people sleep better double")
▸ adverb: downward and forward ("He was bent double with pain")
▸ adverb: to double the degree ("His eyes were double bright")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #27774)
▸ Also see doubling
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to double
▸ Usage examples for double
▸ Idioms related to double (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing double
▸ Popular nouns described by double
▸ Words that often appear near double
▸ Rhymes of double
▸ Invented words related to double