double-team verb4 •In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.On any given night, Pivotman Macauley was good for at least 18 points a game. But because L.I.U. double-teamed him (he had two men guarding him), he didn't bother to shoot much. — 1949 •To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.Obama . . . accused the Clintons of double-teaming him on the campaign trail. "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," he said. — 2008 •(slang) To gang up on someone, as a group of two.one day they double-teamed her into a closet and threatened to lock her in if she didn't show them her privates. — 2012 •(slang) To double penetrate someone.He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night. — 2015 formsdouble teamed · double-teamed · double teaming · double-teaming · double teams · double-teams