Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doubleheader

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: dou-ble-head-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of double-header.

Example Sentences

"There would be, on Saturday, June 10, an old-fashioned, conventional doubleheader, two games for a single-admission price. A common practice in Major League Baseball for a good part of the 20th century, traditional doubleheaders fell out of favor by the late 1980s, when rising attendance and escalating salaries led baseball owners to abandon them as an unnecessary giveaway since it amounted to a game’s being played free of charge."
"Caglianone ripped Miles Mikolas’ curveball into the right-field corner for an RBI double that scored Salvador Perez in the fourth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals."

Inflected Forms

doubleheaders (plural)

Synonyms

twin bill double feature

Questions

What does doubleheader mean?: Alternative form of double-header.

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