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double-deal

double-deal is the alternative form of double deal.

Meaning of double deal

Verb

double deal (third-person singular simple present double deals, present participle double dealing, simple past and past participle double dealt)

  1. To deal the top and bottom cards from a deck to a confederate in a card game as if they were one card.
    • Barely looking up from his smooth hands and the cards they held, the gambler said, “You're not a good enough cardplayer I'd have to double deal you."2003, Bill Brooks, Law for Hire, page 102
  2. To cheat by trickery.

See all 3 meanings of double deal

Forms of double-deal

third-person singular presentdouble-deals
present participledouble-dealing
past participledouble-dealt
pastdouble-dealt

Questions about double-deal

What is double-deal the alternative form of?
Double-deal is the alternative form of double deal.

Words near double-deal in the dictionary

  1. double-date
  2. double-dated
  3. double-dates
  4. double-dating
  5. double-dead meat
  6. double-deal
  7. double-dealer
  8. double-dealers
  9. double-dealing
  10. double-dealings
  11. double-deals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-deal (page history and authors); double deal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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