What does "double-decker" mean?
A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
Double-decker
noun
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Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
- Grammar: double-decker is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach.
- Usage evidence: Some tourists visiting the city of Victoria in Canada are delighted at its hints of Britishness. Victoria has even aped London's famous double-decker buses as a mode of public transportation.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A vehicle (usually a bus, coach or train) or aircraft with two floors.
- 2 a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport wordnet
- 3 A frigate with two decks above the waterline.
- 4 Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other. figuratively
- 5 Any object with two layers or parts stacked on top of each other.; A sandwich with three slices of bread, whose toppings are on both sides of the middle slice. figuratively
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- 6 A headline that is two lines long.
- 7 a man who both penetrates (top) and is penetrated (bottom) in sex with other men; sometimes also has relationships with women and/or presents masculine as well as feminine mannerisms and appearances. India
"Indian MSM include self-identified gay men (Western acculturated), kothis (men who tend to be the receptive male partner in anal and oral sex and typically have more effeminate mannerisms), panthis (men who tend to be the insertive male partner in anal and oral sex), and double deckers (men who are both receptive and insertive partners). While MSM may self-identify as kothi, the terms panthi and double-decker are generally given by kothis to their male partners based on their sexual roles."
Example
"Some tourists visiting the city of Victoria in Canada are delighted at its hints of Britishness. Victoria has even aped London's famous double-decker buses as a mode of public transportation."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "double-decker"?
Common synonyms include: autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, hack, jitney.
How do you use "double-decker" in a sentence?
Some tourists visiting the city of Victoria in Canada are delighted at its hints of Britishness. Victoria has even aped London's famous double-decker buses as a mode of public transportation.
Etymology
From double + deck + -er.