Eurostep

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noun

A basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, takes a step in one direction, and then quickly takes a second step in another direction.

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Meanings

nounEurostep (plural Eurosteps)

plural Eurosteps

  1. ball gamesA basketball move in which an offensive player picks up their dribble, takes a step in one direction, and then quickly takes a second step in another direction.

    They have seen it enough that they have come to understand that the Eurostep is a pretty good way to get around a defender, used so routinely that Harden's teammate Clint Capela, a center that rarely goes one-on-one, has employed it, though in his case, it should probably just be called a "Step."

    2018 April 17, “Why James Harden isn't traveling on his step-back 3-pointers”, in Houston Chronicle
verbEurostep (third-person singular simple present Eurosteps, present participle Eurostepping, simple past and past participle Eurostepped)

present singular third person Eurosteps · participle present Eurostepping · participle past Eurostepped · past Eurostepped

  1. To perform a Eurostep.

    They need to make him work for those points, and not let him Eurostep his way to easy buckets.

    2018 April 28, “Prepare Yourself For Another Celtics-Bucks Rock Fight In Game 7”, in CBS Boston, CBS Boston / WBZ

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

Eurostep. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eurostep

MLA

“Eurostep.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eurostep. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Eurostep,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Eurostep.

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