double time
- ☆ a rate of payment twice as high as usual, as for work on Sundays
- a marching cadence of 180 three-foot steps a minute: normal cadence is 120 steps a minute
- Music
- duple time
- twice as fast as the preceding tempo
See double time in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- A marching pace of 180 three-foot steps per minute.
- A rate of pay, as for overtime work, that is twice the regular rate.
(dŭbˈəl-tīmˌ)
intr. & tr.v. dou·ble-timed,
dou·ble-tim·ing,
dou·ble-times To move or cause to move at double time: The troops double-timed to the mess hall. The sergeant double-timed the platoon.
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