1. Badminton played with two players on each side
   "Mixed doubles in badminton requires excellent teamwork and communication"
    
2. Tennis played with two players on each side
   "The Williams sisters dominated women's doubles for years"

1. A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
   "he hit a double to deep centerfield";
   - two-base hit, two-bagger, two-baser
    
2. A quantity that is twice as great as another
   "36 is the double of 18"
    
3. Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
   "he could be Gingrich's double";
   - image, look-alike
    
4. A stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
   "his first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable"
    
5. Raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
   "I decided his double was a bluff";
   - doubling
    
6. A room (e.g. in a hotel) with a double bed
   "Do you have a double for tonight?";
   - double room

1. Increase twofold
   "The population doubled within 50 years";
   - duplicate
    
2. Do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
   "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
    
3. Make, do or perform again
   "The actor doubled his performance for the evening show";
   - duplicate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate
    
4. Bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
   "He doubled and vomited violently";
   - double over, double up
    
5. (baseball) hit a two-base hit
   "The batter doubled to left field, driving in two runs"
    
6. (bridge) make a demand for (a card or suit)
   "She doubled her partner's bid to show strong support"

See also: parlay

Type of: actor, backup, badminton, base hit, bend, bid, call, doer, fill-in, flex, function, go, hit, lawn tennis, manifold, multiple, multiply, operate, raise, relief, reliever, reproduce, run, safety, stand-in, substitute, tennis, work, worker

Part of: card game, cards

Encyclopedia: Doubles