double-barreled
adjective
dou·ble-bar·reled
ˌdə-bəl-ˈber-əld 
-ˈba-rəld
1
of a firearm
: having two barrels mounted side by side or one beneath the other
2
: twofold
especially
: having a double purpose
asked a double-barreled question
Examples of double-barreled in a Sentence
the double-barreled goal of the company is to do well in the marketplace and to do good in the community
Recent Examples on the Web
The Ukrainian Navy patrol boat zipped across the Black Sea, its double-barreled, 25-millimeter machine gun locked on the horizon.
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Constant Méheut, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Wall Street will give close watch to the double-barreled release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which will show the levels of personal income and spending for February, as well as the latest reading on personal consumption expenditures prices.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
The latest entry in this series is a new double-barreled bourbon that is bottled at a totally reasonable 100 proof, and is quite delicious.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
The double-barreled title of Nightbitch satirizes both feminism and female self-loathing.
—Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
The double-barreled joke played Vance's past comments noting that only women with families cared about the fate of the nation.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Ruidoso, a scenic town of nearly 8,000 in southern New Mexico, is at the mercy of an enduring, double-barreled disaster.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
Then an older man steps out of a nearby house and walks toward him with a long, double-barreled gun.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Low-income communities of color are particularly vulnerable to this double-barreled threat driven by climate change, according to the paper published Friday in the journal Science Advances.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
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Constant Méheut, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
Wall Street will give close watch to the double-barreled release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which will show the levels of personal income and spending for February, as well as the latest reading on personal consumption expenditures prices.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
The latest entry in this series is a new double-barreled bourbon that is bottled at a totally reasonable 100 proof, and is quite delicious.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2025
The double-barreled title of Nightbitch satirizes both feminism and female self-loathing.
—Armond White, National Review, 13 Dec. 2024
The double-barreled joke played Vance's past comments noting that only women with families cared about the fate of the nation.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024
Ruidoso, a scenic town of nearly 8,000 in southern New Mexico, is at the mercy of an enduring, double-barreled disaster.
—Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
Then an older man steps out of a nearby house and walks toward him with a long, double-barreled gun.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
Low-income communities of color are particularly vulnerable to this double-barreled threat driven by climate change, according to the paper published Friday in the journal Science Advances.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Double-barreled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double-barreled. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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