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double Dutch

1

noun

, Slang.
  1. unintelligible or garbled speech or language:

    She could have been talking double Dutch for all we understood of it.



Double Dutch

2

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)
  1. 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

  1. informal.
    incomprehensible talk; gibberish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of double Dutch1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

As a Black woman who grew up in New York City in the late ’90s and early aughts, double Dutch has always been near and dear to my heart.

An interlude involving a boisterous park of people playing checkers, basketball and double Dutch lets him do just that.

Double Dutch Divas, a local health and fitness nonprofit, is celebrating young double Dutch players and community wellness at its end-of-the-year jump rope event in Seattle’s NewHolly neighborhood.

She thinks about the freeing feeling of riding a two-wheel bike for the first time and finally getting to play double Dutch jump rope after years of watching older kids make it look so magical.

Still, I like sitting on the apartment’s front steps, watching kids play pickup, double Dutch.

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