- double fault
- noun Date: circa 1909 two consecutive serving faults in tennis that result in the loss of a point • double-fault intransitive verb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
double fault
Look at other dictionaries:
double fault — n. Racket Sports the act of serving twice improperly, resulting in the loss of the point, the loss of the serve, or both double fault vi … English World dictionary
double fault — double faults N COUNT In tennis, if a player serves a double fault, they make a mistake with both serves and lose the point … English dictionary
double fault — n two mistakes, one after another, when you are ↑serving in tennis, which make you lose a point … Dictionary of contemporary English
double fault — noun count in tennis, a situation in which a player loses a point by doing two bad SERVES one after the other … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Double fault — This article is about the CPU error. For the tennis term, see serve (tennis). On the x86 architecture, a double fault exception occurs if the processor encounters a problem while trying to service a pending interrupt or exception. An example… … Wikipedia
double-fault — doubˈle faultˈ intransitive verb • • • Main Entry: ↑double * * * ˌdouble ˈfault [double fault double faults double faulted double faulting] ; … Useful english dictionary
double fault — noun (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point • Topics: ↑tennis, ↑lawn tennis • Hypernyms: ↑fault * * * noun, pl ⋯ faults [count] tennis : two bad serves that result in the loss of a point * * * ˌdouble ˈfault… … Useful english dictionary
double fault — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms double fault : singular double fault plural double faults in tennis, a situation in which a player loses a point by doing two bad serves one after the other … English dictionary
Double-fault — The term “double fault” can refer to: double fault (computing), an error that occurs during interrupt handling or exception handling; or the occurrence of two consecutive faults during the play of tennis, resulting in the server losing a point.… … Wikipedia
double fault — noun Tennis an instance of two consecutive faults in serving, counting as a point against the server. verb (double fault) serve a double fault … English new terms dictionary
