Doubleheader (Noun)
Meaning
Two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The last game of the season was scheduled as a doubleheader to make up for the postponed match.
- The fans cheered when they heard the team was playing a doubleheader on their birthday.
- A doubleheader was added to the baseball schedule due to a game that had been rained out the previous week.
- They decided to watch the doubleheader of their home team on television, with friends coming over to join them.
- The family made a day of it and attended the baseball doubleheader at the stadium.