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double-text

double-text is the alternative form of double text.

Meaning of double text

Verb

double text (third-person singular simple present double texts, present participle double texting, simple past and past participle double texted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To send (someone) a text message after having already sent one part of a separate thought without allowing them to reply to the first text.
    • You can double text out of genuine concern. Or if you have a new topic of conversation that’s very much time sensitive, I think that’s also fine.2018 July 5, Frank Kobola, quoting Alex, 29, “How Soon Is Too Soon to Send a Double Text? 8 Guys Weigh In”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, Inc., →ISSN, archived from the...

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Forms of double-text

Verb
third-person singular presentdouble-texts
present participledouble-texting
past participledouble-texted
pastdouble-texted
Noun
pluraldouble-texts

Questions about double-text

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

Words near double-text in the dictionary

  1. double-taps
  2. double-team
  3. double-teamed
  4. double-teaming
  5. double-teams
  6. double-text
  7. double-texted
  8. double-texting
  9. double-texts
  10. double-threaded
  11. double-time

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