double-u /ˈdʌb.(ə)l.juː/ noun3 •The name of the Latin script letter W/w. •(euphemistic) The WC; the toilet.She would try the front door, and try the back door, and look in the windows; and once she even looked in the double-u. — 1974 •Alternative name of the Latin-script digraph ⟨UU⟩. formsDouble-ues · double-u's · double-ues
double U noun1 •something in the shape of two U's (not of a W)In training a tree in the double U […] only the two topmost buds are allowed to grow on the trunk and two arms. — 1942 formsdouble Us