Crossword clues for doubles
doubles
The Collaborative International Dictionary
doubles \dou"bles\ n.
badminton played with two players on each side.
tennis played with two players on each side.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (plural of double English)Category:English plurals 2 (context sports plurale tantum English) a game between pairs of players 3 (context campanology plurale tantum English) bell changes rung on five bells 4 A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two ''bara'' (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas. vb. (en-third-person singular of: double)
WordNet
n. badminton played with two players on each side
tennis played with two players on each side
Wikipedia
Doubles may refer to:
- Doubles (food), a Trinidadian sandwich
- Double (baseball), a two-base hit
- Doubles (tennis), in sports like tennis and badminton refers to games with two players on each side
- Doubles (bells), a ringing method rung on five church bells
- A type of semi-trailer truck
- Doubles (2000 film), a 2000 Tamil-language film
- Doubles (2011 film), a 2011 Malayalam-language film
Doubles is a common street food in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a sandwich made with two baras (flat fried bread) filled with channa (curried chick peas). Topped with either mango, shadon beni, cucumber, coconut, tamarind, or extra pepper sauce, this delicacy is the most popular fast food in Trinidad and Tobago. Doubles are eaten for breakfast, sometimes for lunch, often at night but can be a late night snack, too.
Doubles (2000) is a Tamil drama film directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars him alongside Prabhu Deva and Meena in the lead roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Srikanth Deva.
Doubles is a 2011 Malayalam comedy-action drama film directed by debutant Sohan Seenulal and written by the Sachi-Sethu duo. It stars Mammootty, Nadia Moidu and Taapsee Pannu in the lead roles, and features an extensive cast of supporting actors with Saiju Kurup, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Salim Kumar, Anoop Chandran, Bijukkuttan, Y. G. Mahendra and Avinash amongst others. It also features Roma and Rima Kallingal in cameo roles. The film is an emotional drama that also combines comedy and action contents. It is produced by K. K. Narayanadas under the banner of Reels on Wheels Entertainment. The film released coinciding with the festival of Vishu on 14 April 2011.
The film features music by James Vasanthan, cinematography by P. Sukumar, and editing by V. Sajan. Doubles, which is a story of two siblings who rescue victims of road accidents, is a subtle portrayal of the general mindset of the people to run away from trouble without trying to help an injured victim of an accident. Mammootty plays the role of Giri and Nadia his twin sister Gowri. Mumbai based model Taapsee Pannu acts Mammootty's heroine role. The shooting of the film held at Goa and Puducherry.
The film was dubbed and released in Tamil as Puduvai Managaram. Despite the disappointing failure of the original Malayalam version, the dubbed Tamil version became a smash hit at the box office. Sachi-Sethu duo told the story of two siblings through 'Doubles'. The film which was not a great success in Malayalam has been graciously accepted by the Tamil audience. Later it was dubbed in Hindi with the same title.
Usage examples of "doubles".
Love doubles my existence in the hope that I will die again, but only in that charming retreat from which you have ejected me in the very moment of my greatest enjoyment.
Directions for all sorts of plain and single Changes, I will now proceed to Cross-peals, and first to Doubles and Singles on four Bells.
Peal is grounded on the Twenty-four changes Doubles and Singles on four bells.
Six-score changes, which are all Doubles, except only when the whole Hunt leads, and then there is always a single change made.
Peals of Trebles and Doubles to be Rang on six bells, as, Six-score changes, Seven-score and four, Twelve-score, and Seven-hundred and twenty.
Lee-Metfords that had survived the Anglo Boer war, alesser number of German Mausers salvaged from his encounters with Askari across the Rovuma, and a very few of the expensive hand-made doubles by Gibbs and Messrs Greener of London.
Hal doubles over in a coughing spasm only half-faked, running decision-trees on various ruses for flight.
Regny was still doing doubles at seventy, and Gerard Might did a perch-pole act at eighty-two!
It is our standard contract for all stunt doubles not paid by the day.
But when the work-up doubles back on the identity of parent or legal guardian, the girl only shrugs.
A single overarching pattern doubles back repeatedly on two names, words that camp out in the deflated oxygen tent that once fed the language center of his brain.
He doubles back to her on repeated, suck-up visits, cementing their wary truce with miscalculated small gifts: dried dough he swears will come back to life if soaked, half of a sundered walkie-talkie set, worthless books washed up in the tidal pools of trade, tides only she would read.