Overview of noun backstop

The noun backstop has 3 senses

• catcher, backstop -- ((baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher)


• backstop -- ((baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field)


• backstop -- (a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong")

Overview of verb backstop

The verb backstop has 1 sense

• backstop -- (act as a backstop)