double date

¹

noun

, Informal.

1. a date on which two couples go together.

double-date

²

[ duhb-uhl-deyt ]

verb (used without object)

, dou·ble-dat·ed, dou·ble-dat·ing.

1. to take part in a double date.

verb (used with object)

, dou·ble-dat·ed, dou·ble-dat·ing.

1. to accompany (someone) on a double date:

   They double-dated the two sisters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of double date¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Origin of double date²

First recorded in 1945–50

Idioms and Phrases

A social engagement in which two couples go together, as in They went on a double date with her brother and his girlfriend . [c. 1920]

Example Sentences

He asked her out on a double date with their pets: “Coffee and dogs,” she told Lifestyle Asia in August 2023, won her over “from the get-go.”

From Los Angeles Times

So that makes the double date episode with Gregory as this big kind of jealous moment — it would have been nice to have that happen over three episodes.

From Los Angeles Times

He asked her out on a double date: coffee with their dogs — her poodle Herbert and his French bulldog, Humphrey.

From Los Angeles Times

Page Six reported Tuesday that 10 days after Harris filed for divorce, she and Bush were spotted on a double date in New York with Stacy London and her girlfriend, Cat Yezbak.

From Los Angeles Times

Shortly afterward, the two were out and about on a double date with their beaus.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• assignation
• blind date
• tryst