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Double dipping

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double dipnounAlternative form of double-dip. [(informal) An ice cream cone with two scoops of ice cream.]
doublingnounThe process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
double crossverbAlternative form of double-cross. [To betray or go back on; to deceive someone after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were being aided.]
double meaningnounThe situation in which a word or phrase has two different, often opposite, meanings. For example, wicked can mean both "good" and "bad".
double saltnoun(chemistry) A solid solution of two simple salts, often in a definite proportion
double whammynounA series of two events that causes adverse effects; a twofold blow or setback.
double exposurenoun(photography) A photograph produced by exposing film or some other photosensitive surface to focused light twice, usually by opening and closing a camera shutter two times, thereby generating a picture consisting of two superimposed images.
double tapverbTo click twice on a touchscreen.
doublecrossnounAlternative form of double-cross. [An instance of betrayal of one who had been led to believe that the betrayer was assisting them.]
double bubblenoun(slang) Overtime paid at twice the normal rate.
double entendrenounA phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo.
double indemnitynoun(law) A clause in an insurance policy in which the insurance company agrees to pay out double the normal coverage in certain specified circumstances, most often in case of accidental death.
double barnoun(music) a symbol, consisting of two ordinary bar lines or a single heavy one, that marks the end of a composition or a section within it
double entrynounbookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another
double jeopardynoun(law) The act of trying someone twice for the same offense, especially after an acquittal in the first trial.
double decompositionnoun(chemistry) a reaction between two substances in which two parts of each substance are exchanged; metathesis
two timestwice
duplicationnounThe act of duplicating.
double agentnoun(espionage) A spy who pretends to work for one side, when they are actually working for or passing information to the other.
double featurenounTwo feature-length motion pictures being shown back-to-back in a movie theatre, available to view for the price of a single ticket.

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