double-u

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English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdʌbəljuː/, /ˌdʌb.əlˈjuː/

Noun

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double-u (plural double-ues)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.
  2. Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph *UU*.
  3. (euphemistic) The WC; the toilet.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 234:
      She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Malay: dabel yu
  • Portuguese: dáblio, dâblio (Portugal)
  • Russian: дабл-ю (dabl-ju)
  • Tagalog: dobolyu

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