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double break

double break is the alternative form of double-break.

Meaning of double-break

Noun

double-break (plural double-breaks)

  1. In a set, an advantage equivalent to two breaks of serve.
    • In the seventh game of the deciding set, one backhand came in at a thundering 99mph – this was followed by a lightening forehand return from Nadal's next serve to make it 30-love. A double-break would have left Nadal with no out-clause, but he clung on to pull the score back to 4-3.2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian

Forms of double break

pluraldouble breaks

Questions about double break

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

Words near double break in the dictionary

  1. double bonus
  2. double bonuses
  3. double booked
  4. double bookkeeping
  5. double bourgeois
  6. double break
  7. double break point
  8. double break points
  9. double breaks
  10. Double Bridges
  11. double bridle

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