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double-play

double-play is the alternative form of double play.

Meaning of double play

Noun

double play (plural double plays)

  1. A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.
    • It was a 6-4-3 double play.
  2. (US, colloquial) Achieving two results from one action.
    • Our double play special tonight is scallops & crab.

Forms of double-play

pluraldouble-plays

Questions about double-play

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

Words near double-play in the dictionary

  1. double-park
  2. double-parked
  3. double-parking
  4. double-parks
  5. double-penetrate
  6. double-play
  7. double-plays
  8. double-plus good
  9. double-plus ungood
  10. double-plus-good
  11. double-plus-ungood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-play (page history and authors); double play (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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