Double-barrel

adj, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of double-barrelled. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "At last the first glimpse from a bridge of an open-top red bus, and a noticeable darkening of the atmosphere from the smoke of London: then the increasingly dingy stations with double-barrel names, set amid what has always been to me the outstanding feature of the "Premier Line" approach to London—the positively marvellous display of crazy chimney-pots on the grey inner suburban houses. As many as twenty, all of varying style, standing together like ranks of jagged teeth, and providing a Dickensian back-cloth which no other route can boast."

Noun
  1. 1
    A double-barrelled gun, now especially a double-barrelled shotgun. informal

    "Five minutes before one — brought down a moth / With my new double-barrel — stew'd the thighs, / And made a very tolerable broth […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To join with a hyphen or space. transitive

    "You be the judge: my husband refuses to double-barrel our surnames. Should I take his last name? [title]"

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