backstop
(noun) a precaution in case of an emergency; “he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong”
backstop
(noun) (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
catcher, backstop
(noun) (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
backstop
(verb) act as a backstop
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Backstop
(UK) A proposed seamless border between Ireland and Northern Ireland in the event of Brexit.
• back post, backpost, postback
backstop (plural backstops)
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
• The Express, 7 June 2018
• The Irish Times, 17 November 2018
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
• (thing or a person to support): rearguard
backstop (third-person singular simple present backstops, present participle backstopping, simple past and past participle backstopped)
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
(transitive) To bolster, support.
• back post, backpost, postback
Source: Wiktionary
Back"stop`, n.
1. In baseball, a fence, prop. at least 90 feet behind the home base, to stop the balls that pass the catcher; also, the catcher himself.
2. In rounders, the player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
3. In cricket, the longstop; also, the wicket keeper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 December 2024
(noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
