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DOUBLE DUTCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("double Dutch" is a kind of...):
jump rope (a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An incomprehensible talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("double Dutch" is a kind of...):
gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
