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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of doubleheader¹

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

Example Sentences

It’s Koufax running down to the bullpen in the second game of a doubleheader in Philadelphia that the Dodgers had to win in order to make it to the World Series and saying, “I’m available.”

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Amazon is the new kid on the block, with 67 NBA games exclusively on the Prime Video streaming platform starting with a doubleheader Friday.

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The fairest solution was to give the Chargers their shortest road trip, to Las Vegas, plus give them an extra day to prepare by making it the second half of a Monday night doubleheader.

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She made history in Saturday’s doubleheader as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the majors.

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She will work the bases during Saturday’s doubleheader between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves at Truist Park in Atlanta, then she will take her turn behind the plate in Sunday’s series finale.

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