Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

double talk

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble talk
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

noun

Lies, especially in a formal political statement.

Uncountable

noun

Speech which combines English (or some other language) and native-sounding gibberish for humorous effect.

Uncountable

noun

A simple phonetic code with a regular infix that makes meaningful speech sound unintelligible.

Uncountable

noun

A situation when two people talk at the same time, causing overlapping audio signals.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

""Frammis on the Antispode": The doubletalk heading this paragraph takes the sting out of Mr. Ruark's comment, even if his gay colored foulard Sinatra bow tie didn't contradict his comment[.]"
"[Sid] Caesar's vaudeville format included burlesques—in the nineteenth-century meaning of parody—featuring silent-film and film noir send-ups; Italian opera produced in Caesar's ad-libbed, faux-Italian double-talk;[…]"

Etymology

From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

double-talk (alternative) doubletalk (alternative)

Phrases

double talker

Synonyms

doublespeak double Dutch gibberish jibber-jabber nonsense

Questions

What does double talk mean?: Doublespeak.
Where does double talk come from?: From double + talk. Compare Middle English twispeche, Old English twīspǣċ, twīsprǣċ.

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