double text
double text verb: 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.
Verb
double text (third-person singular simple present double texts, present participle double texting, simple past and past participle double texted)
- 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...
- A good rule of thumb: You can double text someone once you’ve eaten them out. Before then, you don’t know them well enough.2019 June 21, Sophia Benoit, “How to Avoid Dooming Your Date Before It Even Starts”, in GQ, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Inc., →ISSN, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023
Noun
double text (plural double texts)
- An instance of double texting.
- And now he’s ‘thumbsed’ it, so technically he was the last one to like, do something, but it still seems like a double text if I text him again…2021 September 23, Steph Eckardt, quoting Harry Styles, “Harry Styles Paused a Concert to Dole Out Dating Advice”, in W, New York, N.Y.: W Media, →ISSN, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2023
Forms of double text
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | double texts |
| present participle | double texting |
| past participle | double texted |
| past | double texted |
| alternative form | double-text |
| Noun | |
| plural | double texts |
Questions about double text
- What does double text mean?
- Double text means 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.
- What part of speech is double text?
- Double text can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of double text?
- The past tense of double text is double texted.
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