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double Dutch
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double Dutch
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double Dutch
noun
double Dutch
noun
Learner's definition of DOUBLE DUTCH
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noncount
]
1
US
:
the activity of jumping over two jump ropes that two people are swinging in circles in opposite directions
The girls were playing
double Dutch
on the sidewalk.
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chiefly British, informal
:
language that cannot be understood
It was all
double Dutch
[=
nonsense
,
gibberish
] to me.
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