double date

¹

noun

, Informal.

1. a date on which two couples go together.

double-date

²

[ duhb-uhl-deyt ]

verb (used without object)

, dou·ble-dat·ed, dou·ble-dat·ing.

1. to take part in a double date.

verb (used with object)

, dou·ble-dat·ed, dou·ble-dat·ing.

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]

Example Sentences

I wanted to know what it was like for a regular guy to suddenly become one-quarter of America’s most powerful double date.

From Time

She says that, shortly after a rough breakup, she went on a double-date with a man and Cosby and his wife, Camille.

From The Daily Beast

And then we need the double-date photo to end all double-date photos.

From The Daily Beast

And that we should rectify this by getting them on a double date.

From The Daily Beast

The double date reappears in a note to the Pope Letters of 1735, solely through a change in the punctuation.

From Project Gutenberg

Hevelius gives the double date, 15⁄25, which is evidently right.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• assignation
• blind date
• tryst