doubles
English
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
doubles
- plural of double
Noun
doubles
- (sports, plural only) a game between pairs of players
- Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.
- (campanology, plural only) bell changes rung on five bells
- A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
- A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Japanese: ダブルス (daburusu)
Translations
a game between pairs of players
Verb
doubles
- third-person singular simple present indicative of double
- The population doubles every ten minutes.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dubl/
Audio: (file)
Adjective
doubles
- plural of double
Noun
doubles m
- plural of double
Verb
doubles
- second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of doubler