English

Adjective

twosome ‎(not comparable)

1. Being or constituting a pair; two.
2. Twofold; double.
3. Performed by two individuals.

   a twosome dance

Noun

twosome ‎(plural twosomes)

1. A group of two; a pair; a couple; a group of two distinct individuals or components.
   • 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:

     And I was tooling along a mossy path with the brow a bit wet with honest sweat, when there came to my ears the unmistakable sound of somebody reading poetry to someone, and the next moment I found myself confronting a mixed twosome who had dropped anchor beneath a shady tree in what is known as a leafy glade.

2. A dance for two people.

Synonyms

• duet
• duo
• pair

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