double-double

noun

dou·​ble-dou·​ble ˌdə-bəl-ˈdə-bəl 

: an instance of a player's accumulating a total of 10 or more in two statistical categories (such as points and rebounds) in one basketball game

Examples of double-double in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Redshirt sophomore Lakin Laurendine registered a double-double with 25 kills and 13 digs to lead the Razorbacks (1-6), who have now lost six in a row. —Arkansas Online, 14 Sep. 2025

Bueckers tallied 16 points and matched her career high with 10 assists, recording her second points–assists double-double of the season. —Grant Afseth, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025

Washingtonians can now treat themselves to double-double burgers, animal style fries and shakes at the Ridgefield location, about 25 miles north of Portland, Oregon. —Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025

And her 10 rebounds secured another double-double that the Barclays Center crowd has gotten so used to seeing. —Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1985, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for double-double

• redouble
• bubble
• double
• rubble
• stubble
• trouble