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noun Nautical.the part of the upper or lower end of one spar of a mast that is overlapped by another spar above or below it. Origin of doublingMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at double, -ing1 Words nearby doublingdouble whip, double wicket, double-wide, double wingback formation, doubleword, doubling, doubloon, doublure, doubly, doubly armed suture, Doubs Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for doublingThe rebels though seemed somewhat chastened by the result despite more than doubling the anti-Boehner votes from two years ago. Democrats Accidentally Save Boehner From Republican Coup|Ben Jacobs, Jackie Kucinich|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Doubling down on Schedule I is, at best, a deranged way to push Americans away from “medical,” and toward recreational, use. Obama’s Pot Policy Is Refer Madness|James Poulos|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST True, true, Thanksgrabbing behemoths like Sears and Kmart are doubling down on doorbuster dementia. Walmart Lifts Black Friday’s Curse|James Poulos|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST The doubling of the stock markets has created a gusher of capital gains taxes. The Battle of the Deficit Bulge Has Been Won|Daniel Gross|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The World Bank announced today a doubling of their money for Ebola. Meet America’s New Top Ebola Fighter|Abby Haglage|September 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST "And I'll see you d——d first," retorted Harry, doubling his fist. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals|William H. Armstrong He dropped his musket as if it had stung him, and then, doubling up as if he were a hare, set off from the face of the square. With Wellington in Spain|F. S. Brereton Doubling the distance of the screen doubled the length of the patch. Pioneers of Science|Oliver Lodge The finding two geometrical mean proportionals, or doubling the cube geometrically. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)|Augustus De Morgan Is Drumquaich the little village close under the pine wood, that we see on doubling Eagle Point? The Eagle Cliff|R.M. Ballantyne
Words related to doublingincrease, grow, repeat, augment, magnify, pleat, enlarge, plait, dupe, fold, duplicate, supplement, redouble, multiply, replicate, loop, amplify, plicate, infold, dualize |