double date

¹

noun

Informal.

1. a date on which two couples go together.

double-date

²

[duhb-uhl-deyt]

verb (used without object)

double-dated, double-dating 

1. to take part in a double date.

verb (used with object)

double-dated, double-dating 

1. to accompany (someone) on a double date.

   They double-dated the two sisters.

Word History and Origins

Origin of double date¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Origin of double date²

First recorded in 1945–50

Idioms and Phrases

A social engagement in which two couples go together, as in They went on a double date with her brother and his girlfriend. [c. 1920]

Related Words

• assignation 
• blind date 
• tryst