double Dutch

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

From double (twice, i.e. more than) + Dutch. For sense 1: Dutch (which historically had a wider meaning) as a foreign language was not easily understood, so anything completely incomprehensible would be double Dutch, i.e. twice as hard as Dutch. Sense 2 expands on this meaning.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

double Dutch (uncountable)

  1. Incomprehensible language.
  2. A language game akin to pig Latin.
  3. A game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.
  4. (colloquial) Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.

Synonyms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]