defensing
Saydi-FENS-ing/dɪˈfɛnsɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of defense.
The coaching staff spent all week defensing the screen pass.
Defensing a mobile quarterback requires disciplined positioning and patience.
Note
A coach's word more than an everyday one. The verb behind it is American, and its living use is the sporting one: employing defensive tactics against a play or a player, the counterpart of offense. Its older meaning, to furnish with defenses or protect, is now archaic, so outside the field defending is the safer choice. As a gerund it can head a noun phrase, as in the art of defensing.
defensing is a form of defense
defense, verb: To use defensive tactics in order to block the opposing team. Full entry
- Spelling
- defense → defensing: drop the e, add -ing
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