"double play" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double plays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double play (plural double plays)
  1. (baseball, softball) A defensive play in which two outs are recorded. Categories (topical): Baseball, Softball Synonyms: double-play Related terms: twin killing, Tinker to Evers to Chance Translations (baseball etc.): double jeu [masculine] (French), 併殺 (heisatsu) (Japanese), ダブルプレー (daburupurē) (Japanese), 병살 (byeongsal) (alt: 倂殺) (Korean), 더블플레이 (deobeulpeullei) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-double_play-en-noun-vAQJFy3l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 67 33 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball etc.': 98 2
  2. (US, colloquial) Achieving two results from one action. Tags: US, colloquial
    Sense id: en-double_play-en-noun-5uIvQFg8 Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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