What part of speech is backstop?

Backstop can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. backstop is a verb, present, 1st person singular of backstop (infinitive).
2. backstop is a verb (infinitive).
3. backstop is a noun, singular of backstops.

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) backstop

backstop / backstops

backstopped

backstopped

backstopping

Infinitive: (to) backstop
Present: backstop / backstops
Simple Past: backstopped
Past Participle: (have) backstopped
Gerund: backstopping

Noun

Singular

Plural
backstop

backstops

Singular: backstop
Plural: backstops

What does backstop mean?

Definitions

Verb
backstop - act as a backstop
Noun
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"
backstop - (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher

Examples of backstop

#		Sentence
1.	noun	He acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong.

Sentence
noun
He acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong.

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