Word.ws English Dictionary

doubletake

doubletake is the alternative form of double take.

Meaning of double take

Noun

double take (plural double takes)

  1. An abrupt movement, used, for example, as a comical reaction to a surprising sight, in which someone casually sees something, briefly stops looking at it, realizes what it is, and snaps attention back to it with an expression of surprise or disbelief.
    • Smith passes the car and does a double take as he realizes it is on fire.

Forms of doubletake

pluraldoubletakes

Questions about doubletake

What is doubletake the alternative form of?
Doubletake is the alternative form of double take.

Words near doubletake in the dictionary

  1. doublestranded
  2. doublestrike
  3. doublet
  4. doubletail
  5. doubletails
  6. doubletake
  7. doubletakes
  8. doubletalk
  9. doubletalker
  10. doubletalkers
  11. doubletap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: doubletake (page history and authors); double take (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “doubletake.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/doubletake. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.