double-team

verb

dou·​ble-team ˈdə-bəl-ˌtēm 

double-teamed; double-teaming; double-teams

transitive verb

: to block or guard (an opponent) with two players at one time

double-team noun

Examples of double-team in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Miles Battle filled in, and formed a nice double-team of Mack Hollins with Marcus Jones to force an end-zone incompletion late in practice. —Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Aug. 2025

Flair battled back before being cutoff by a Judgment Day double-team, but Bliss came to the rescue and evened the odds. —Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2025

Defensive minds like Bill Belichick and Rex Ryan would attempt to take Gates out of the game by double-teaming him at the line of scrimmage. —Daniel Popper, New York Times, 30 July 2025

The arrival of Bane has given Orlando an All-Star caliber guard, who can initiate the offense, take a high volume of three-pointers, is a strong defender, and a guy who will punish teams for double-teaming Paolo Banchero or Franz Wagner. —Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1860, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for double-team

• academe
• cherubim
• elohim
• episteme
• seraphim
• abeam
• airstream
• bloodstream
• daydream
• downstream
• esteem
• extreme