Word Finder - double

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Made up of two matching or complementary elements.

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Of twice the quantity.

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Of a family relationship, related on both the maternal and paternal sides of a family.

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Designed for two (people, cars, etc.).

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Folded in two; composed of two layers.

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Stooping; bent over.

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Having two aspects; ambiguous.

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False, deceitful, or hypocritical.

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Of flowers, having more than the normal number of petals.

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(music) Of an instrument, sounding an octave lower.

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(music) Of time, twice as fast.

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Twice over; twofold; doubly.

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Two together; two at a time.

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Into two halves or sections.

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Twice the number, amount, size, etc.

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A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes

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A drink with two portions of alcohol.

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A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.

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A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.

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A redundant item for which an identical item already exists.

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(baseball) A two-base hit.

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(bridge) A call that increases certain scoring points if the last preceding bid becomes the contract.

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(billiards, snooker) A strike in which the object ball is struck so as to make it rebound against the cushion to an opposite pocket.

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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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(darts) The narrow outermost ring on a dartboard.

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(darts) A hit on this ring.

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(dominoes) A tile that has the same value (i.e., the same number of pips) on both sides.

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(programming) A double-precision floating-point number.

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(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.

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(rowing) A boat for two scullers.

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(sports) The feat of scoring twice in one game.

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(sports, chiefly swimming and track) The feat of winning two events in a single meet or competition.

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(cricket) The achievement of 1000 runs and 100 wickets taken in a single season.

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(historical) A former French coin worth one-sixth of a sou.

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(historical, Guernsey) A copper coin worth one-eighth of a penny.

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(music) Playing the same part on two instruments, alternately.

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(Christianity) A double feast.

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Synonym of double-quick (“fast marching pace”)

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(music) A secondary instrument with which a musician is skilled.

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(slang, dated) A double-cross or betrayal.

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(transitive) To multiply by two.

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(intransitive) To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.

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To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.

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(transitive) To fold over so as to make two folds.

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(transitive, sometimes followed by up) To clench (a fist).

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(baseball) To get a two-base hit.

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(transitive, often followed by together or up) To join or couple.

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(transitive) To repeat exactly; copy.

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(intransitive) To serve a second role or have a second purpose. [with as]

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(ambitransitive, sometimes with "for") To act as substitute for (another theatrical performer in a certain role, etc).

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(theater) To play (both one part and another, in the same play, etc).

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(intransitive) To turn sharply, following a winding course.

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(nautical) To sail around (a headland or other point).

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(music) To duplicate (a part) either in unison or at the octave above or below it.

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(music, intransitive, usually followed by "on") To be capable of performing (upon an additional instrument).

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(bridge) To make a call that will double certain scoring points if the preceding bid becomes the contract.

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(card games, intransitive) To double down.

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(billiards, snooker, pool) To cause (a ball) to rebound from a cushion before entering the pocket.

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(intransitive) To go or march at twice the normal speed.

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(transitive) To multiply the strength or effect of by two.

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(military) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two.

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(radio, informal, of a station) To transmit simultaneously on the same channel as another station, either unintentionally or deliberately, causing interference.

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(espionage, intransitive) To operate as a double agent.