as in mumbo jumbo
unintelligible or meaningless talk
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
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Recent Examples of double Dutch
But the games must go on, and in the third installment, he’s forced to play even more torturous rounds that divide the players further, including a terrifying game of hide-and-seek and a deadly round of double Dutch.
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Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Girls playing double Dutch In this picture by Wayne F. Miller, young girls play double Dutch in the snow in 1940s Chicago.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Travel & Experiences Recess for grown-ups: Join these L.A. groups for double Dutch, dodgeball and more
Sept. 20, 2024
My situation provided a clear conundrum: Copious research shows that strength training, particularly for older adults, is a critical piece of the health and longevity puzzle.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Being Black is a birthright privilege, and a rite of passage, like learning how to parallel park or double Dutch.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
The group mixes in some hula-hooping, African hopscotching and line dancing, but double Dutch is the core.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
Tamron has done things like crushed double Dutch and boxed with Creed 3 star Jonathan Majors on camera.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
Girls playing double Dutch In this picture by Wayne F. Miller, young girls play double Dutch in the snow in 1940s Chicago.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
Travel & Experiences Recess for grown-ups: Join these L.A. groups for double Dutch, dodgeball and more
Sept. 20, 2024
My situation provided a clear conundrum: Copious research shows that strength training, particularly for older adults, is a critical piece of the health and longevity puzzle.
—Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
Being Black is a birthright privilege, and a rite of passage, like learning how to parallel park or double Dutch.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 June 2024
The group mixes in some hula-hooping, African hopscotching and line dancing, but double Dutch is the core.
—Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 26 July 2023
Tamron has done things like crushed double Dutch and boxed with Creed 3 star Jonathan Majors on camera.
—Korin Miller, Women's Health, 11 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for double Dutch
Noun
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With its tongue way up its cheek, this zero-fat survival thriller is not bulked up with gratuitous sociological mumbo jumbo or layered with hidden meanings.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Nov. 2025
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Gavras presents this mystic mumbo jumbo in such a way that we are meant to question whether Joan could be right.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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No gimmicks, no nonsense, straight shooter, the woman who gets things done.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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This was the nonsense that was going on here last week, just like every week.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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The bizarre reality of daily life in a Southeast Asian scam compound—the tactics, the tone, the mix of cruelty and upbeat corporate prattle—is revealed at an unprecedented level of resolution in a leak of documents to WIRED from a whistleblower inside one such sprawling fraud operation.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Trump prattles on about the economy while the actors freeze behind him in their ancient Galilee garb.—
Rosa Escandon,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Read a book and sip tea in front of the central fireplace, swim between the indoor and outdoor sections of the glimmering pool, and soak your aching quads in the hot tubs under the evergreens and aspens while listening to the peaceful babble of Gore Creek.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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Now the babble about them is back.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Double Dutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20Dutch. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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