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Definition of backcourt in English: backcourtnounˈbakkɔːtˈbækˌkɔrt 1(in tennis, basketball, and other games) the part of each side of the court nearest the back wall or back boundary line. Example sentencesExamples - The backcourt, left open for most of the game, was a combined 6 of 22 from the field for 23 points.
- They could stand to be a little deeper in the backcourt.
- And with PG Mateen Cleaves straggling, they could use a veteran in the backcourt behind PG Chucky Atkins.
- She clinched the set when her opponent hit long from the backcourt.
- He corrected the way I was running, the way I was picking up the ball, and the way I was throwing it to the other ball boy in the backcourt.
- Still, another scorer in the backcourt wouldn't hurt.
2The defensive players in a basketball team. Example sentencesExamples - He'll be backed by one of the nation's finest backcourts.
- We caused all kinds of trouble for opposing backcourts.
- They finished the half without any assists from their backcourt.
- Luis Flores once was stuck - stuck behind a backcourt tandem of Todd Billet and Dahntay Jones that had brought Rutgers the tag of ‘team on the rise.’
- But the backcourt is loaded with versatility and potential.
- The two players combined to form, to me, the best backcourt in the game at the time.
3(especially in Glasgow) a courtyard behind a house or tenement. Example sentencesExamples - Your one-bedroom tenement with its close and communal backcourt may seem a few steps removed from a laminate floored loft, but trust me, you are now living in an apartment.
Definition of backcourt in US English: backcourtnounˈbakˌkôrtˈbækˌkɔrt 1(in tennis, basketball, and similar games) the part of each side of the court nearest the back wall or back boundary line. Example sentencesExamples - And with PG Mateen Cleaves straggling, they could use a veteran in the backcourt behind PG Chucky Atkins.
- The backcourt, left open for most of the game, was a combined 6 of 22 from the field for 23 points.
- He corrected the way I was running, the way I was picking up the ball, and the way I was throwing it to the other ball boy in the backcourt.
- She clinched the set when her opponent hit long from the backcourt.
- Still, another scorer in the backcourt wouldn't hurt.
- They could stand to be a little deeper in the backcourt.
- 1.1 The defensive players in a basketball team.
Example sentencesExamples - They finished the half without any assists from their backcourt.
- Luis Flores once was stuck - stuck behind a backcourt tandem of Todd Billet and Dahntay Jones that had brought Rutgers the tag of ‘team on the rise.’
- But the backcourt is loaded with versatility and potential.
- He'll be backed by one of the nation's finest backcourts.
- The two players combined to form, to me, the best backcourt in the game at the time.
- We caused all kinds of trouble for opposing backcourts.
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