Some Reduplicated or Double-barrelled words in English

palsy-wasly       hubble-bubble       flip-flop    teensy-weensy  tittle-tattle   willy-nilly      roly-poly     itty-bitty                                  hoity-toity                 flim-flam

                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                  

1. palsy-wasly (Adj.) 

Meaning:-

• friendly, having the relationship of friends

Usages:-

1. When you were peers, you were palsy-walsy.
2. The culprits were trying to get palsy-walsy with security guard.

2. hubble-bubble

Meaning:-

• a tobacco pipe in which the smoke passes through water, causing a bubbling sound
• an uproar, a bubbling sound

Usages:-

1. In India old people are still smoking a hubble-bubble.
2. Children are playing hubble-bubble in water.

3. flip-flop (V)

Meaning:-

• a decision to reverse an earlier decision
• to change your opinion about something from earlier opinion
• A type of sandal (open shoe)

Usages:-

1. Minister always flip-flop.
2. The vice-president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues.

4. teensy-weensy (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• Very small

Usages:-

1. Teensy-weensy insects are flying allover.
2. A teensy-weensy boy.

5. tittle-tattle (N)

Meaning:-

• unimportant talk, usually not true, about other people and their lives

Usages:-

1. Women are always involve in tittle-tattle.
2. The story was nothing more than idle tittle-tattle.

6. willy-nilly (Adv.)

Meaning:-

• in a careless way without planning
• in confusion whether you want to or not

Usages:-

1. She was forced willy-nilly to accept the company's proposals.
2. We should not take any decision willy-nilly.

7. roly-poly (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• short, round and fat
• short and plump

Usages:-

1. Our leaders are roly-poly.
2. He is a roly-poly child.

8. itty-bitty (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• unimportant, very small

Usages:-

1. My friends get upset over itty-bitty problems.
2. So many itty-bitty questions were asked in our annual exams.

9. hoity-toity (Adj.)

Meaning:-

• showing that you are so special
• behaving in a way that suggests that you think you are more important than other

Usages:-

1. It is very difficult to deal with the hoity-toity MLA.
2. Boys waste their most of the time dealing the hoity-toity girls friends.

10. flim-flam (V)

Meaning:-

• to deceive somebody

Usages:-

1. Thugs flim-flamed the general people.
2. Fools easily flim-flamed.

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