double-team
double-team · double-teams · double-teamed · double-teaming
In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to…In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
cover with two defensive players
(broadly, transitive)To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
(slang, transitive)To double penetrate someone.
2015, Double Lucky. Jackie Collins. 2015. He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night.
(slang, transitive)To gang up on someone, as a group of two.
Translations
1 languagesForms
double-teams, double-teaming, double-teamed, double-teamed| Base form | double-team · to double-team |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | double-teams |
| Present participle | double-teaming |
| Past simple | double-teamed |
| Past participle | double-teamed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle