Usually means: Two outs made in succession.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word double play:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. double play: Merriam-Webster
  2. double play: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. double play: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. double play: Collins English Dictionary
  5. double play: Vocabulary.com
  6. double-play, double play: Wordnik
  7. double play: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. double-play, double play: Wiktionary
  9. double play: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. double play: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Double play, double play: Dictionary.com
  12. Double Play (film), Double Play, Double play: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. double play: Rhymezone
  14. double play: FreeDictionary.org
  15. double play: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. double play: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. double play: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Double Play: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Double play: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wiktionary (double play)

▸ noun:  (baseball, softball) A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.
▸ noun:  (US, colloquial) Achieving two results from one action.

Similar:
double-play, pair, triple play, double play depth, assist, double steal, twin killing, double, double switch, three up, three down, more...

Types:
force out, fielders choice, ground out, strike out, more...

Adjectives:
back door, h, ground, jack, rainbow, outside, single, base, hold, side, screwball

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Similar:
double-play, pair, triple play, double play depth, assist, double steal, twin killing, double, double switch, three up, three down, more...

Types:
force out, fielders choice, ground out, strike out, more...

Adjectives:
back door, h, ground, jack, rainbow, outside, single, base, hold, side, screwball



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