DOUBLE DUTCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does double Dutch mean? 

• DOUBLE DUTCH (noun)
  The noun DOUBLE DUTCH has 2 senses:

1. an incomprehensible talk

2. the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners

  Familiarity information: DOUBLE DUTCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOUBLE DUTCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An incomprehensible talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("double Dutch" is a kind of...):

gibber; gibberish (unintelligible talking)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("double Dutch" is a kind of...):

jump rope (a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope)