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double Dutch
1noun
- unintelligible or garbled speech or language:
She could have been talking double Dutch for all we understood of it.
Double Dutch
2noun
- 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of double Dutch1
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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