Definition of "quadruple" []

• Consisting of four parts or members. (adjective)
• Four times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. (adjective)
• Music Having four beats to the measure. (adjective)
• A fourfold amount or number. (noun)
• To multiply or be multiplied by four: quadrupled the order; quadrupled in size. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "She loves to enjoy what she calls a quadruple draught."
• "Citizen Holdings gained 0.2% on a Nikkei report that the watch maker's April-September group operating profit was expected to quadruple from a year earlier to around seven billion yen ($84.3 million)."
• "Huckabee granted clemency to suspect in quadruple ..."