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double Dutch

noun

Definition of double Dutch

1 : unintelligible language
2 : the jumping of two jump ropes rotating in opposite directions simultaneously

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Examples of double dutch in a Sentence

The girls were playing double Dutch on the sidewalk.
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

DOUBLE DUTCH Defined for English Language Learners

double Dutch

noun

Definition of double Dutch for English Language Learners

: the activity of jumping over two jump ropes that two people are swinging in circles in opposite directions
: language that cannot be understood

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