Dictionary

double fault en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The missing of both the first serve and second serve, resulting in a point for the receiver.
   • While reaching last year's US Open final showed he possesses an all-round game, Anderson's biggest weapon remains his serve - which he lost in the opening game against Djokovic with a double fault on break point. 2018 July 15, Jonathan Jurejko, “Novak Djokovic wins fourth Wimbledon by beating Kevin Anderson”, in BBC Sport:
2. An exception thrown by the CPU while trying to call the handler of another exception (e.g. the exception handler is invalid or the call stack has overflowed).

Forms

Relateds

triple fault

Translations (16)

nb dobbeltfeil (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · da dobbeltfejl (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · de Doppelfehler (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · cs dvojchyba (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · fr double faute (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · ru двойна́я оши́бка (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · sv dubbelfel (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · es doble falta (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · nl dubbelfout (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · fi kaksoisvirhe (computing: CPU exception thrown while trying to handle another exception) · ga botún dúbailte (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · cmn 雙誤 /双误 (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · it doppio fallo (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · fi kaksoisvirhe (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · hu kettős hiba (missing of both the first serve and second serve) · ca doble falta (missing of both the first serve and second serve)