doubles Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun badminton played with two players on each side
   
2. noun tennis played with two players on each side
   
3. noun a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
   double; two-base hit; two-baser; two-bagger.
   
   • he hit a double to deep centerfield
4. noun a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
   stunt man; double; stunt woman.
   
   • his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable
5. noun someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
   double; image; look-alike.
   
   • he could be Gingrich's double
   • she's the very image of her mother
6. noun a quantity that is twice as great as another
   double.
   
   • 36 is the double of 18
7. noun raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
   double; doubling.
   
   • I decided his double was a bluff
8. verb increase twofold
   double; duplicate.
   
   • The population doubled within 50 years
9. verb hit a two-base hit
   double.
   
10. verb bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
    double up; double; double over.
    
    • He doubled and vomited violently
11. verb do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
    double.
    
    • She doubles as his wife and secretary
12. verb bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
    double.
    
13. verb make or do or perform again
    double; duplicate; repeat; replicate; reduplicate.
    
    • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

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