double-barrelled
Britishadjective
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(of a gun) having two barrels
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extremely forceful or vehement
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(of a surname) having hyphenated parts
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serving two purposes; ambiguous
a double-barrelled remark
Example Sentences
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In a double-barrelled social media push, the Puyallup Police Department will devote its Facebook and Twitter feeds to the 14-year-old who vanished after a visit to the Puyallup Fair in 1992.
From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2017
CAS has previously struck out double-barrelled punishments for athletes banned for doping-related offences.
From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2016
For the first six years of my life, my parents double-barrelled me and called me Kadian Cackler-Harding.
From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2014
Kudos to Gemma and Danielle, who decided to get around the conundrum by combining Gemma's already double-barrelled surname with Danielle's to create a glorious triple barrel: Rolls-Bentley-Wilde.
From The Guardian • Jun. 28, 2014
Another, with a double-barrelled Gun, having shot off one Barrel at a Blackbird, I did see reloading; the other Barrel being still loaded and at full Cock.
From Manners & Cvftoms of ye Englyfhe Drawn from ye Qvick by Doyle, Richard
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