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double faults

double faults is the plural of double fault.

Meaning of double fault

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).

Questions about double faults

What is double faults the plural of?
Double faults is the plural of double fault.

Words near double faults in the dictionary

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

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