also n.
A game of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes swung in a crisscross formation by two turners.
Dictionary:
double dutch double Dutch (dŭch) ![]() |
| Idioms: double Dutch |
1.
Language that cannot be understood, gibberish, as in They might have been speaking double Dutch, for all I understood. This usage dates from the 1870s (an earlier version, however, had it as
high Dutch) and is heard less often today than the synonym double talk.
2.
A game of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes swung in a crisscross fashion.
| WordNet: double Dutch |
The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(colloquial British) incomprehensible talk
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