double Dutch
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
1876
First Known Use of double dutch
1876
DOUBLE DUTCH Defined for English Language Learners
double Dutch
Definition of double Dutch for English Language Learners
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: the activity of jumping over two jump ropes that two people are swinging in circles in opposite directions
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: language that cannot be understood
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