doubling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun increase by a factor of two
    • doubling with a computer took no time at all
  2. noun raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
    double.
    • I decided his double was a bluff
  3. verb increase twofold
    double; duplicate.
    • The population doubled within 50 years
  4. verb hit a two-base hit
    double.
  5. verb bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
    double up; double; double over.
    • He doubled and vomited violently
  6. verb do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
    double.
    • She doubles as his wife and secretary
  7. verb bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
    double.
  8. verb make or do or perform again
    double; duplicate; repeat; replicate; reduplicate.
    • He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick

WordNet

Dou"bling noun
Definitions
  1. The act of one that doubles; a making double; reduplication; also, that which is doubled.
  2. A turning and winding; as, the doubling of a hunted hare; shift; trick; artifice. Dryden.
  3. (Her.) The lining of the mantle borne about the shield or escutcheon.
  4. The process of redistilling spirits, to improve the strength and flavor.

Webster 1913