two-time

1. 1.

   carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time

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Questions about two-time

What does two-time mean?

two-time means "carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time".

How many syllables are in two-time?

two-time has 2 syllables and divides as two--time 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 two-time a common word?

two-time 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.