Definition of Double-u

1. Noun. The 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet.

Exact synonyms: W
Group relationships: Latin Alphabet, Roman Alphabet
Generic synonyms: Alphabetic Character, Letter, Letter Of The Alphabet

Definition of Double-u

1. Noun. (Latn-def en name W w) ¹

2. Noun. The WC; the toilet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-u

double-six
double-space
double-spaced
double-spacing
double-strand break
double-stranded
double-stranded complimentary DNA
double-struck
double-talk
double-team
double-time
double-tongued
double-tonguing
double-track
double-trouble
double-u (current term)
double-ues
double-voided specimen
double-whammies
double-whammy
double-wide
double-wides
double A-side
double Gloucester
double S
double U
double acrostic
double act
double action

Literary usage of Double-u

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"... as in name a double U, was still another outgrowth from the single letter added by the Greeks to the tail of the Phoenician alphabet. ..."

2. Jokes for All Occasions: Selected and Ed. by One of America's Foremost (1922)
"I spell it: 0 double t, i double u, e double I, double u, double o, d." SPINSTERHOOD The old colored mammy took advantage of a wedding announcement to ..."

3. The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown (1851)
"If any change is desirable in our present names of the letters, it is that we may have a shorter and simpler term in stead of double-u. ..."

4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1869)
"5' Double U, double 0, double D, E, R, 0, double U, double F, E.” Old Riddle Rhyme. As afurther illustration to what I have written some time ago about this ..."

5. English Words as Spoken and Written: Designed to Teach the Powers of Letters by James A. Bowen (1900)
"The following are the names of the consonants : — bee, cee, dee, gee, jay, kay, pee, eff, nitch, ell, em, en, qu, tee, vee, zee. ar, ess, double-u, eks, ..."

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