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单词 double Dutch
释义

double Dutch

noun

1
: unintelligible language
2
: the jumping of two jump ropes rotating in opposite directions simultaneously

Synonyms

  • abracadabra
  • babble
  • blabber
  • burble
  • double-talk
  • drivel
  • gabble
  • gibber
  • gibberish
  • jabber
  • jabberwocky
  • mumbo jumbo
  • nonsense
  • prattle
  • slobber
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Example Sentences

The girls were playing double Dutch on the sidewalk. the fast-talking con man spouts some double Dutch, and it is only afterwards that the victim realizes that he's given two twenties for a ten

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined at sense 1

double Dutch

noun

as in mumbo jumbo
unintelligible or meaningless talk the fast-talking con man spouts some double Dutch, and it is only afterwards that the victim realizes that he's given two twenties for a ten

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • mumbo jumbo
  • nonsense
  • prattle
  • babble
  • jabberwocky
  • jabber
  • gabble
  • chatter
  • blah
  • burble
  • gibberish
  • gibber
  • slobber
  • abracadabra
  • twitter
  • hokeypokey
  • drivel
  • blabber
  • gab
  • twaddle
  • clatter
  • double-talk
  • blah-blah
  • tattle
  • prate
  • hocus-pocus
  • clack
  • patter
  • cackle
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