doubles

Noun

• badminton played with two players on each side
• tennis played with two players on each side
• a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
• a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
• a quantity that is twice as great as another
• raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
• plural of double
• a game between pairs of players
• bell changes rung on five bells
• A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.

Verb

• increase twofold
• hit a two-base hit
• bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
• do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
  • "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
• bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
• make or do or perform again
• third-person singular simple present indicative of double

Examples

• A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
• Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.
• The population doubles every ten minutes.

Synonyms

double, double over, double up, doubling, duplicate, image, look-alike, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, stunt man, stunt woman, two-bagger, two-base hit, two-baser