double dog dare
/ˌdʌb(ə)l dɔɡ ˈdɛ(ə)ɹ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I double dog dare you to ask her out!"
- "In Mississippi dare and double dog dare are used by children in quarrelling. Dog dare and double black dog dare I never have heard."
- "It wasn't until he let off a round at Sergeant Shireman when Sergeant Shireman was trying to answer a call of nature in the woods, thereby interrupting the platoon hero at his daily toilette, that we had our fill of him. "Dirty little shitbird!" Sergeant Shireman raged, stomping down the line in open view buttoning his pants, as though double-dog daring the sniper to try it again."
- "["]She'd do anything if you double dog dared her." / "Double dog dared?" I said. / "Yeah." She sat up, plunking another stack of pictures into my hands."
- "They had walked almost a mile outside of town, to the water tower that had elmwood springs written on it in huge black letters, with the express intention of climbing all the way to the top. […] [H]e and Monroe had double-dog-dared each other to climb it, so there was no turning back. Secretly both of them were a little nervous. Scared that they might chicken out at the last minute."
- "Double-dog daring his enemies to prove him otherwise, Jesus declared, "Before Abraham was born, I am" (John 8:58)."
Etymology
An emphatic extension of double dare, possibly playing on the alliterative and forceful nature of the word dog.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdʌb(ə)l dɔɡ ˈdɛ(ə)ɹ/
- British English: /ˌdʌbl̩ dɒɡ ˈdɛə/
Usage
- American usage
- Informal
- Transitive verb