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View synonyms for doubleheader

doubleheader

[ duhb-uhl-hed-er ]

noun

  1. Sports.
    1. two games, as of baseball, between the same teams on the same day in immediate succession.
    2. two games, as of basketball, between two different pairs of teams on the same day in immediate succession.
  2. two performances or two events occurring one after the other or within a short time of each other.
  3. a railroad train pulled by two locomotives.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of doubleheader1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; double + head + -er 1

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Example Sentences

Two days later, in a doubleheader against the White Sox, he socked his 54th, a two-run shot in the fifth inning.

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