double-date

1. 1.

   go out on a date with a partner and another couple

   “let's double date this Saturday”

   Broaderdate

Questions about double-date

What does double-date mean?

double-date means "go out on a date with a partner and another couple".

How many syllables are in double-date?

double-date has 3 syllables and divides as dou-ble--date under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is double-date a common word?

double-date is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.