double-team
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.92 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "On any given night, Pivotman Macauley was good for at least 18 points a game. But because L.I.U. double-teamed him (he had two men guarding him), he didn't bother to shoot much."
- "Obama . . . accused the Clintons of double-teaming him on the campaign trail. "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," he said."
- "Movie buffs will love this costume from Beetlejuice. And even if you don't have someone to double team this look with, each costume can easily slay on its own."
- "2015, Double Lucky. Jackie Collins. 2015. He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night."
- "one day they double-teamed her into a closet and threatened to lock her in if she didn't show them her privates."