double

dou•ble

[[t]ˈdʌb əl[/t]] adj. n. v. -bled, -bling, adv.

1) twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc

2) composed of two like parts or members; paired:

a double sink[/ex]

3) fur suitable for two persons:

a double room[/ex]

4) twofold in character or meaning; dual or ambiguous

5) marked by duplicity; deceitful; hypocritical:

a double life[/ex]

6) folded in two

7) fur (of a bed or bedclothes) full-size:

a double blanket[/ex]

8) bot (of flowers) having many more than the normal number of petals

9) anything that is twice the usual size, quantity, strength, etc

10) a duplicate or counterpart

11) a person exactly or closely resembling another

12) cvb a hotel room with two beds or a double bed, for occupancy by two people

13) cvb an alcoholic drink containing twice the usual amount of alcohol

14) a fold or plait

15) a sharp reversal, as of course

16) a trick or artifice, as of argument in a debate

17) sbz

a) an understudy

b) sbz an actor who plays two or more parts in a play, usu. minor roles

18) sbz a substitute who performs feats or actions in a movie or TV show too hazardous for a star

19) spo

Also called two-base hit a hit in baseball that enables the batter to reach second base safely.

20) mil

double time

21) spo doubles, (used with a sing. v.) a game or match, as in tennis, in which there are two players on each side

22) gam (in bridge) a bid by an opponent indicating belief that the declarer's bid will not succeed or informing one's partner that one's hand is of a certain strength

23) to make double or twice as great; add an equal amount of

24) to fold or bend with one part over another (often fol. by over, up, etc.)

25) to clench:

to double one's fists[/ex]

26) to be twice as much as

27) naut. navig. to sail around (a projecting area of land)

28) to pair; couple

29) gam (in bridge) to challenge (a declarer's bid) by calling “double.”

30) sbz

a) to be a double for (an actor)

b) to perform (a role or roles) as an actor cast in more than one part

31) spo baseball

a) to cause the advance of (a base runner) by a two-base hit

b) to cause (a run) to be scored by a two-base hit (often fol. by in)

c) to put out (a base runner) as the second out of a double play

32) to become double

33) to bend or fold (often fol. by up or over)

34) to turn back on a course; reverse direction (often fol. by back)

35) to serve in an additional capacity:

The director doubles as bit player[/ex]

36) sbz to act as a double in a play, motion picture, or the like

37) spo to hit a double in baseball

38) mad to play an instrument besides one's regular instrument (usu. followed by on)

39) to double-date

40) phv double up

a) to share quarters planned for only one person or family

b) to bend over, as from pain

41) to twice the amount, extent, etc.; twofold

42) cvb two together:

to sleep double[/ex]

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- double in brass double or nothing on the double

Etymology: 1175–1225; ME < OF < L duplus dou′ble•ness, n. dou′bler, n.