Talk:double

Tennis

I haven't tried to cite it yet, but double is slang for double fault, both the noun and the verb. It came up a lot in some old US Open footage I was watching, and a far as I know, we do accept audio cites. Renard Migrant (talk) 11:26, 30 August 2014 (UTC)

RFC discussion: June 2007

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double

Tagged but not listed. --Connel MacKenzie 21:13, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

twice over

What does "twice over" mean? --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:45, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Twice. Equinox ◑ 14:37, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

1. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.

May I add the sentence "He offered me double." to the first nominal meaning? --Backinstadiums (talk) 19:47, 16 August 2019 (UTC)

Possible missing sense: a trick

Chambers 1908 has the noun sense "a trick". It's not marked as slang or anything, but I suspect it might be rhyming slang from "double-quick", since they list it immediately after that sense. However, I don't know how to attest it. "He played a double on me"? Equinox ◑ 12:34, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

uwu no doubles!

I've seen "doubles" in, erm, fictionkin communities, referring to people who associate themselves with the same fictional character. Obviously makes things awkward. Equinox ◑ 14:39, 11 May 2020 (UTC)

Adverb: in two

3. in two: bent double. --Backinstadiums (talk) 10:33, 2 August 2020 (UTC)

Determiner and pronoun

Determiner and pronoun ? --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:55, 5 December 2020 (UTC)