double up

Questions about double up

What does double up mean?

double up means "bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for double up?

Close synonyms include double over, double, parlay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is double up a common word?

double up is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.