FULL-COURT PRESS


Meaning of FULL-COURT PRESS in English

/fool"kawrt', -kohrt'/

1. Basketball. a tactic of harassing, close-guarding defense in which the team without the ball pressures the opponent man-to-man the entire length of the court in order to disrupt dribbling or passing and force a turnover: Suddenly behind by eighteen points, they went to a full-court press.

2. a vigorous attack or offensive.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .