doubleton

1. 1.

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

   Broadercouple

   bridge

Other forms of doubleton

plural

doubletons·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about doubleton

What does doubleton mean?

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

How many syllables are in doubleton?

doubleton has 3 syllables: dou-ble-ton. The stress falls on "dou".

Is doubleton a common word?

doubleton 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.