doubles

A sport played by two teams with two players on each team, especially tennis.

• We played doubles after lunch.
• She won the doubles final with her sister.
• Do you prefer singles or doubles?

Opposites: singles

Common phrases: play doubles, mixed doubles, doubles match

A result in which two dice show the same number.

• I rolled doubles again.
• You get another turn if you throw doubles.
• She needed doubles to escape from jail.

Common phrases: roll doubles, throw doubles, get doubles

A way of ringing five church bells in changing orders.

• The ringers practiced doubles tonight.
• We rang plain bob doubles at the church.
• She learned a new doubles method.

Common phrases: plain bob doubles, ring doubles, grandsire doubles