| unintelligible or garbled speech or language: She could have been talking double Dutch for all we understood of it. |
) | a form of the game of jump rope in which two persons, holding the respective ends of two long jump ropes, swing them in a synchronized fashion, usually directed inward so the ropes are going in opposite directions, for one or two others to jump over. |
double dutch also double Dutch  (dŭch)  n. A game of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes swung in a crisscross formation by two turners. |
double Dutch
Language that cannot be understood, gibberish, as in They might have been speaking double Dutch, for all I understood. This usage dates from the 1870s (an earlier version, however, had it as high Dutch) and is heard less often today than the synonym double talk.
A game of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes swung in a crisscross fashion.