Double-barrelled

Definition: Double-barrelled

Double-barrelled

Adjective

1. Having two barrels mounted side by side; "a double-barreled shotgun".

2. Having two purposes; twofold; "our double-barreled desire to make things profitable as well as attractive"- Louis Kronenbergers.

Date "double-barrelled" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1759. (references)

Synonym: Double-barrelled

Synonym: double-barreled (adj). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: double-barrelled artificial anus (medicine), double-barrelled gun (public administration, military & defense), paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount.

Antonym: single-barreled (adj). (additional references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	The Double-Barrelled Detective Story (1965)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Military subjects. Military personnel grouped around large double-barrelled gun. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Double-barrelled" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Double-barrelled" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	30	63,341

Language		Translations for "double-barrelled"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dygrykësh, për dy qëllime, me dy tyta, me dy kuptime (double edged). (various references)

Bulgarian		с две страни (two sided), двусмислен (ambiguity, ambiguous, dark, double, double meaning, double-hearted, equivocal, oracular, two-edged, vague), двуцевен. (various references)

Dutch		dubbelloopskanon (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount), dubbelloopsgeschut (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount), dubbelloopse vuurmond (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount), tweeloopskanon (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount), tweeloopsgeschut (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount), tweeloopse vuurmond (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount). (various references)

Finnish		kaksipiippuinen. (various references)

French		canons jumelés (double-barrelled gun), canon bitube (double-barrelled gun), bitube (double-barrelled gun). (various references)

German		Zwillingskanone (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount), Zwillingsgeschütz (double-barrelled gun, paired canon, twin gun, twin-barrelled gun, twin-gun mount). (various references)

Greek		δίκανο (double-barrelled shotgun). (various references)

Hungarian		kétcsövû. (various references)

Manx		daa-varryl, daa-ayrn. (various references)

Pig Latin		ouble-barrelledday

Portuguese		duplo efeito, de dois canos, ambíguo (ambiguous, double, double-meaning, equivocal, lax). (various references)

Russian		двуствольный (double-barreled), двусмысленный (ambiguous, equivocal, forked, oracular). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dvosmislen (ambiguous, double edged, double meaning, equivocal, evasive, indeterminate), s dve cevi. (various references)

Spanish		de dos cañones (double-barreled), que tiene dos sentidos, ambiguo (ambiguous, backhanded, bisexual, double, doubtful, equivocal, equivocally, left handed). (various references)

Swedish		dubbelpipig, tvetydig (ambiguous, backhanded, dubious, equivocal, indecent, left handed, suggestive). (various references)

Turkish		iki soyadlı, iki amaçlı (double-barreled, dual purpose), çift namlulu (double-barreled), çift anlamlı (double meaning, double-barreled). (various references)

Ukrainian		двоствольний, двозначний (ambiguous, amphibological, back-handed, doubtful, equivocal, forked, oracular, oraculous, two-edged). (various references)

Vietnamese		hai nghĩa (amphibological). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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