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.

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Meanings

verbtriple-team (third-person singular simple present triple-teams, present participle triple-teaming, simple past and past participle triple-teamed)

present singular third person triple-teams · participle present triple-teaming · participle past triple-teamed · past triple-teamed

  1. transitivehobbiesIn sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use three defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
  2. broadlytransitiveTo deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of three people.
  3. slangtransitiveTo sexually penetrate someone simultaneously orally, anally, and vaginally.
  4. slangtransitiveTo gang up on someone, as a group of three.
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APA

triple-team. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple-team

MLA

“triple-team.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple-team. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “triple-team,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/triple-team.

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