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double Dutch
1noun
, Slang.
- unintelligible or garbled speech or language:
She could have been talking double Dutch for all we understood of it.
Double Dutch
2noun
, (sometimes lowercase)
- a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over.
double Dutch
noun
- informal.incomprehensible talk; gibberish
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Word History and Origins
Origin of double Dutch1
First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences
The paper was covered with lines, circles, and writing that appeared to us like "double-Dutch."
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A double Dutch Agency circulates a report of a great patriotic concert recently held in Berlin.
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He says the document is in Hebrew, and he has translated it into Double Dutch.
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When the rope is turned inwards, it is called “double dutch,” when turned outwards, “French dutch.”
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