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doubles

noun

  1. type of match in tennis, badminton, table tennis, and other sports
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Wiktionary

name

  1. plural of Double

noun

  1. A game between pairs of players.

    “Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles.”

  2. Bell changes rung on five bells.

    “A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.”

  3. A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.

verb

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double

    “The population doubles every ten minutes.”