triple-team
triple-team verb: in sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use three defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
Verb
triple-team (third-person singular simple present triple-teams, present participle triple-teaming, simple past and past participle triple-teamed)
- In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use three defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
- To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of three people.
- To sexually penetrate someone simultaneously orally, anally, and vaginally.
- To gang up on someone, as a group of three.
Forms of triple-team
| third-person singular present | triple-teams |
|---|---|
| present participle | triple-teaming |
| past participle | triple-teamed |
| past | triple-teamed |
Questions about triple-team
- What does triple-team mean?
- Triple-team means in sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use three defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
- What part of speech is triple-team?
- Triple-team is a verb.
- What is the past tense of triple-team?
- The past tense of triple-team is triple-teamed.
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