"double text" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: double texts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} double text (plural double texts)
  1. An instance of double texting. Categories (topical): Texting Synonyms: double-text Related terms: double texting [noun], ghost
    Sense id: en-double_text-en-noun-XTdwyCHY Disambiguation of Texting: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English quotations with omitted translation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 50 50

Verb

Forms: double texts [present, singular, third-person], double texting [participle, present], double texted [participle, past], double texted [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} double text (third-person singular simple present double texts, present participle double texting, simple past and past participle double texted)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To send (someone) a text message after having already sent one part of a separate thought without allowing them to reply to the first text. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-double_text-en-verb-KJRFjJOG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English quotations with omitted translation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English quotations with omitted translation: 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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