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double date

double date noun: a (romantic) date that two couples go on together.

Noun

double date (plural double dates)

  1. A (romantic) date that two couples go on together.

Verb

double date (third-person singular simple present double dates, present participle double dating, simple past and past participle double dated)

  1. To go on a double date.
    • The trouble was, I knew that guy Stradlater’s technique. That made it even worse. We once double-dated, in Ed Banky’s car, and Stradlater was in the back, with his date, and I was in the front with mine.1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 64

Forms of double date

Noun
pluraldouble dates
Verb
third-person singular presentdouble dates
present participledouble dating
past participledouble dated
pastdouble dated

Questions about double date

What does double date mean?
Double date means a (romantic) date that two couples go on together.
What part of speech is double date?
Double date can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of double date?
The plural of double date is double dates.

Words near double date in the dictionary

  1. double dandas
  2. double dare
  3. double dared
  4. double dares
  5. double daring
  6. double date
  7. double dated
  8. double dates
  9. double dating
  10. double dative
  11. double day

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