Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 2 compound words that contain doubles. The most common are listed below. Open doubles in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- mixed doublesA game played between two teams, each consisting of a female and a male.
- American doublesA game of tennis with three people, pitching a singles player against a doubles pairing, and rotating who playes singles each game
- Australian doublesA game of tennis with three people, pitching a singles player against a doubles pairing, and rotating who plays singles each game
- body doublesplural of body double: A film stand-in for an actor, in scenes not involving the face, especially during scenes of nudity, or of dangerous activity.
- Canadian doublesA game of tennis with three people, pitching a singles player against a doubles pairing, with some modified rules
- double-doublesplural of double-double: Coffee with the equivalent of two creamers and two packets of sugar.
- triple doublesplural of triple double: The achievement of a two-digit number of any three of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.
- stunt doublesplural of stunt double: A type of body double: a skilled stand-in used for dangerous film or video sequences such as jumping out of a building, leaping from vehicle to vehicle, and fight sequences.
- turnpike doublesA tandem trailer operation, where two large hauling trailers are connected with a single axle, wheeled device known as a tandem dolly, allowing a truck to carry two or more trailers bound for separate destinations.
- takeout doublesplural of takeout double: A double, usually indicating strength and a desire to play the hand; partner is expected to "take out" by making a bid.
- syndrome of subjective doublesA rare delusion in which a person believes they have a doppelganger that looks identical but usually has different character traits and a life of its own.
- doubles entendresplural of double entendre: A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
- B-doublesplural of B-double: A truck and trailer combination consisting of a prime mover coupled to two trailers without the use of a dolly-converter with a drawbar (A-coupling).
- back-doublesplural of back-double: A favourite route through a town or city, often used as a shortcut.
- daily doublesplural of daily double: A bet on the first-place winners of two consecutive races.
- doubles backthird-person singular simple present indicative of double back: To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
- doubles downthird-person singular simple present indicative of double down: To double one's wager, particularly, the name of a specific doubling bet allowed in blackjack.
- doubles netA net used for playing doubles, longer than a singles net
- doubles netsplural of doubles net: A net used for playing doubles, longer than a singles net
- doubles offthird-person singular simple present indicative of double off: After a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag up.
- doubles overthird-person singular simple present indicative of double over: To bend over deeply at the waist.
- doubles upthird-person singular simple present indicative of double up: To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
- Gothic doublesplural of Gothic double: An essential duality within a single character, centred on the polarity of good and evil.
- optical doublesplural of optical double: A star that appears as a double due to an optical illusion; in reality, the stars may be far apart from each other.
- test doublesplural of test double: An object or procedure that looks and behaves like its release-intended counterpart, but is actually a simplified version to reduce complexity and facilitate testing.
Compound words 2
- doublespacedAlternative form of double-spaced: Formatted so that there is a full blank line between each line of text; the style of formatting required by many entities inside business, academia, and publishing.
- semidoublesplural of semidouble: Having the outermost stamens converted into petals, while the inner ones remain perfect.