English noun: double Dutch | |||
1. | double Dutch (communication) an incomprehensible talk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gibber, gibberish | ||
Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
2. | double Dutch (act) the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners | ||
Broader (hypernym) | jump rope | ||