redoubling

Variant of redouble

redouble definition

re·dou·ble (rē dub′əl)

transitive verb redoubled -·bled, redoubling -·bling

    1. to make twice as much or twice as great
    2. to make much greater; intensify redouble your efforts
  2. to make echo or reecho
  3. to refold; double back
  4. Archaic to repeat

Etymology: LME redoublen < MFr redoubler: see re- & double

intransitive verb

  1. to become twice as great or twice as much
  2. to reecho
  3. to turn backward, as on one's tracks
  4. Bridge to further increase the point value or penalty of a bid which an opponent has doubled

noun

Bridge a redoubling

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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