double Dutch

double Dutch

noun

Definition of DOUBLE DUTCH

1

: unintelligible language

2

: the jumping of two jump ropes rotating in opposite directions simultaneously

Examples of DOUBLE DUTCH

1. The girls were playing double Dutch on the sidewalk.
2. <the fast-talking con man spouts some double Dutch, and it is only afterwards that the victim realizes that he's given two twenties for a ten>

First Known Use of DOUBLE DUTCH

1876

Related to DOUBLE DUTCH

Synonyms: abracadabra, babble, blabber, burble, gibberish, double-talk, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, jabberwocky, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, prattle, slobber

Related Words: blah (also blah-blah), hocus-pocus, hokeypokey, twaddle; chatter, gab, patter, prate, tattle, twitter; cackle, clack, clatter

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Rhymes with DOUBLE DUTCH

a bit much, common touch, double-clutch, Midas touch, overmuch, pretty much, such and such