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(idiomatic, singular only) A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.
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(databases) A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality.
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A series of poems, songs or other works of art, typically longer than a trilogy.
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(countable, nonstandard) A series of two related works.
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double writing; the writing of something twice or in two forms
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(archaic) A common dace (Leuciscus leuciscus)
adj
Having two shots of espresso.
adv
Twice over; twofold; doubly.
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A sarcastic response to sarcasm, double sarcasm
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Alternative form of double-count [To perform a double-count, to count twice.]
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A phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
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A double line, especially, a queue two persons wide.
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To perform two or more tasks within the same project or organization.
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(printing) Two letters on one shank; a ligature.
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A deliberate construction that plays on two separate meanings of a word or words; a pun.
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(non-native speakers' English) A double standard.
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Alternative form of double-suicide [Suicide committed by two people together.]
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A rate of pay that is twice the normal rate.
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(advertising) A double-page spread advertisement.
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(transitive) To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
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(by extension) A series of two events that causes positive effects; a twofold boon.
adj
Producing a double result.
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To perform a double-count, to count twice.
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(figuratively) Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.
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Alternative form of double double [(Canada, informal) Coffee with the equivalent of two creamers and two packets of sugar.]
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Alternative form of double whammy [A series of two events that causes adverse effects; a twofold blow or setback.]
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A feature of early computer printers that printed text twice at the same position for a heavier, darker appearance.
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(printing, US) A word or phrase set a second time by mistake.
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(photography, printing) Being or relating to a paper of twice the ordinary weight.
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Alternative spelling of double-wide [(US) A trailer measuring twenty feet or more in width and ninety feet or less in length, towed as a two separate units before assembly; especially, a mobile home that is twice its standard width.]
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(idiomatic) To have two things which are mutually incompatible.
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(chiefly historical, rare) A garment vertically divided into two distinctly-coloured or patterned halves.
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Two things in short succession
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A circumstance in which a choice must be made between three options that seem equally undesirable.
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in pairs, especially one of each sex
adj
(idiomatic) Successful at both of two efforts.
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Something that yields a substantial additional benefit; something that figuratively kills two birds with one stone.
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