Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in their suit in the hand dealt to a player.

edit
Usage examples (12)
  • Noun : The other player held a doubleton
  • West signaled with the ten to show a doubleton, and East let dummy's king and queen win.
  • There were two ways in which this might be achieved: South might have a doubleton, or he might have the singleton king.
  • If the hearts had split 3-3 (or if a defender had held K-Q doubleton), South could have drawn trumps and led to the king of diamonds to take the good hearts.
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.