Definition of "backstopping" [backstopping]

• Present participle of backstop. (verb)

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• "Miller turned aside the slap shot - and the other 28 pucks that later sailed his way - in backstopping Buffalo's 10th straight victory Thursday night, tying the Sabres for an NHL record to open the season."
• "Rather than the rest of Europe's rates collapsing towards Germany's borrowing cost, Germany's rates should have risen in recognition of the fact that it was essentially "backstopping" profligate borrowers."
• "To think that he's got a content-free gasbag like Biden "backstopping" him is depressing, actually."