doubles

Meanings

1. 1
   noun Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
2. 2
   noun A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes
3. 3
   noun A drink with two portions of alcohol.
4. 4
   noun A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
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   noun A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.
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   noun A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.
7. 7
   noun A two-base hit.
8. 8
   noun A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.
9. 9
   noun A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.
10. 10
    noun A bet on two horses in different races in which any winnings from the first race are placed on the horse in the later race.
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    noun The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.
12. 12
    noun A hit on this ring.
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    noun A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.
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    noun A double-precision floating-point number.
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    noun Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.
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    noun A boat for two scullers.
17. 17
    noun The feat of scoring twice in one game.
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    noun (chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.
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    noun A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.
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    noun (Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.
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    noun Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.
22. 22
    noun A double feast.
23. 23
    verb To multiply by two.
24. 24
    verb To fold over so as to make two folds.
25. 25
    verb To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
26. 26
    verb To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.
27. 27
    verb To get a two-base hit.
28. 28
    verb (sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).
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    verb (often followed by together or up) To join or couple.
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    verb To repeat exactly; copy.
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    verb (often followed by as) To play a second part or serve a second role.
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    verb To turn sharply, following a winding course.
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    verb To sail around (a headland or other point).
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    verb To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.
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    verb (usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).
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    verb To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.
37. 37
    verb To double down.
38. 38
    verb To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.
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    verb (followed by for) To act as substitute.
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    verb To go or march at twice the normal speed.
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    verb To multiply the strength or effect of by two.
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    verb To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.
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    verb (of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.
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    noun The double time, a marching cadence (pace) approaching running speed.
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    noun A game between pairs of players
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    noun (campanology) bell changes rung on five bells
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    noun A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.