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Definition: Double Time |
Double TimeAdverb1. At a faster speed; "now let's play the piece again double-quick". Noun1. A fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog. 2. A doubled wage (for working overtime). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Double TimeSynonym: double quick (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Velocity | Verb: move quickly, trip, fisk; speed, hie, hasten, post, spank, scuttle; scud, scuddle; scour, scour the plain; scamper; run like mad, beat it; fly, race, run a race, cut away, shot, tear, whisk, zoom, swoosh, sweep, skim, brush; cut along, bowl along, barrel along, barrel; scorch, burn up the track; rush; (be violent); dash on, dash off, dash forward; bolt; trot, gallop, amble, troll, bound, flit, spring, dart, boom; march in quick time, march in double time; ride hard, get over the ground. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Double Time |
| English words defined with "double time": military pace. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Working double time (YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG; performing artist: AC/DC) Till hips jerk and double time the boy next door's a freak (So Fresh, So Clean; performing artist: Outkast) You heart beats in double time (ADDICTED TO LOVE; performing artist: Robert Palmer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Second Illinois Volunteers at Double Time (1898) 65th Regiment at Double Time (1898) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Play | Caption |
 | Fast; quick; ASAP; abrupt; accelerated; active; agile; alert; animated; breakneck; brief; brisk; cursory; curt; double time; energetic; expeditious; expeditive; express; fleet; flying; get going; harefooted; hasty; headlong; hurried; immediate; impatient. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | Overtime and holiday pay are given at time-and-a-half and double time, respectively, except in the tourism industry. (references) |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | The Code grants workers a 35 percent differential for work totaling between 44 and 68 hours per week, and double time for any hours above 68 per week. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Brunei | Overtime is paid for work in excess of 48 hours per week, and double time is paid for work performed on legal holidays. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "double time": in double time. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "double time"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pagesë dyfish, hap i përshpejtuar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ускорена маршова стъпка, тичане (run, scurry), двойно заплащане. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | gyors menetlépés, gyors lépés, futólépés (double quick, scuttle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 駆け足 (running fast), 二拍子 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にびょうし, かけあし (running fast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oubleday imetay marcha acelerada. (various references) ускоренный марш (double quick). (various references) trčeći korak (double), honorar (fee, honorarium, royalties). (various references) tiempo doble. (various references) koşar adım (at the double, double, double quick), çifte mesai. (various references) подвійна оплата за наднормову роботу. (various references) bước chạy đều. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-l-m-o-t-u" | |
-3 letters: bedtime, doublet, moulted, toluide, tumbled, umbeled. | |
-4 letters: belied, belted, betide, betime, blumed, boiled, bolete, boleti, bolide, bolted, butled, delime, demote, dilute, dimout, double, edible, eluted, emboli, emoted, etoile, imbued, itemed, limbed, louted, meloid, melted, meoued, milted, mobile, mobled, module, moduli, moiled, molted, motile, omelet, outbid, outlie, tedium, teledu, telium, telome, toiled, toluid. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-e-i-l-m-o-t-u" | |
+3 letters: unmetabolized. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 75 62 6C 65 54 69 6D 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01110101 01100010 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010100 01101001 01101101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o u b l e   T i m e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0075 0062 006C 0065 0054 0069 006D 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)388187687871254757971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Sounds 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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