English words starting with dou

Meanings of Douane:

noun

A custom house in france or other mediterranean countries.

Meanings of Douanes:

noun

A custom house in france or other mediterranean countries.

Meanings of Double:

adjective

Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.

Usage examples:

Double doors

predeterminer

Twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

The jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for

adverb

At or to twice the amount or extent.

Usage examples:

You have to be careful, and this counts double for older people

noun

A thing which is twice as large as usual or is made up of two standard units or things.

Usage examples:

Join the two sleeping bags together to make a double

pronoun

A number or amount which is twice as large as a contrasting or usual number or amount.

Usage examples:

He paid double and had a room all to himself

verb

Become twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

Profits doubled in one year

Meanings of Double bed:

collocation

A bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers

noun

A bed big enough for two people to sleep in, but smaller than queen-sized

Meanings of Double-agent:

noun

A person employed by a government to discover secret information about enemy countries, but who is really working for one of these enemy countries

Meanings of Double-back:

phrasal verb

Retrace one's course

Meanings of Double-bass:

noun

A very large, wooden musical instrument with four strings that a player holds up while standing and plays with a bow (= stick with hairs attached to it), or this type of instrument generally

Meanings of Double-bind:

noun

A difficult situation in which, whatever action you take, you cannot escape unpleasant results

Usage examples:

Life insurers are caught in a double bind: asset values are falling, but firms are still offering h…

Meanings of Double-boiler:

noun

A cooking pan with two parts, a bottom part for boiling water and a top part for holding food to be cooked by the steam from the water

Usage examples:

Cook the sauce slowly over a low heat in a double boiler, stirring constantly., melt the chocolate …

Meanings of Double-cross:

verb

To cheat or be dishonest to someone who trusted you

Meanings of Double-crossing:

verb

Present participle of double-cross

Usage examples:

The diamond thief double-crossed his partners and gave them only worthless fake jewels.

Meanings of Double-dealing:

noun

The act of cheating or tricking someone by hiding your real intentions

Usage examples:

Several high-ranking officials were named in the scandal, accused of fraud and double dealing.

Meanings of Double-dip:

adjective

Denoting or relating to a recession during which a period of economic decline is followed by a brief period of growth, followed by a further period of decline.

Usage examples:

A double-dip recession

noun

A double-dip recession.

Usage examples:

This strategy should help mitigate the risk of the economy falling into a double-dip

verb

Obtain an income from two different sources, typically in an illicit way.

Usage examples:

They compared notes and discovered that he was double-dipping

Meanings of Double-down:

phrasal verb

In the card game of blackjack, to double a bet (= amount of money risked) after seeing your first two cards, in exchange for only one more card

Meanings of Double-dutch:

noun

Talk or writing that is nonsense or that you cannot understand

Meanings of Double-edged:

adjective

Having two possible and different meanings or effects

Usage examples:

Climate changes are potentially double-edged in their consequences., wealth and fame can be a doubl…

Meanings of Double-edged sword:

phrase

A situation or course of action having both positive and negative effects.

Usage examples:

Reductions in taxation are a double-edged sword when used as a device to create jobs

Meanings of Double-entendre:

idiom

A word or phrase with two meanings, one of which is indecent

noun

A word or phrase open to two interpretations, one of which is usually risqué or indecent.

Usage examples:

He was unable to get through two consecutive sentences without a smutty double entendre

Meanings of Double-entendres:

noun

A word or phrase that might be understood in two ways, one of which is usually sexual

Meanings of Double-over:

phrasal verb

Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

Meanings of Double-quick:

adverb

Very quickly

Usage examples:

She left the room double-quick when i started singing., i shouted and he was gone in double-quick t…

Meanings of Double-talk:

noun

Disapproving talk that has no real meaning or that is intended to confuse

Meanings of Double-up:

phrasal verb

Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain

Meanings of Doubled:

verb

Become twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

Profits doubled in one year

adjective

Consisting of two equal, identical, or similar parts or things.

Usage examples:

Double doors

predeterminer

Twice as much or as many.

Usage examples:

The jail now houses almost double the number of prisoners it was designed for

adverb

At or to twice the amount or extent.

Usage examples:

You have to be careful, and this counts double for older people

noun

A thing which is twice as large as usual or is made up of two standard units or things.

Usage examples:

Join the two sleeping bags together to make a double

pronoun

A number or amount which is twice as large as a contrasting or usual number or amount.

Usage examples:

He paid double and had a room all to himself

Meanings of Doubleheader:

noun

A train pulled by two locomotives coupled together.

Usage examples:

I made the trip out to portland to see this double-header.