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double fault

double fault noun: the missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.

Noun

double fault (plural double faults)

  1. The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
    • While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point.2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport
  2. An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).

Forms of double fault

pluraldouble faults

Questions about double fault

What does double fault mean?
Double fault means the missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
What part of speech is double fault?
Double fault is a noun.
What is the plural of double fault?
The plural of double fault is double faults.

Words near double fault in the dictionary

  1. double extortion
  2. double eyelid
  3. double eyelids
  4. double factorial
  5. double factorials
  6. double fault
  7. double faults
  8. double feast
  9. double feasts
  10. double feature
  11. double features

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