backroom
adjective
back·room
| \ ˈbak-ˈrüm
, -ˈru̇m\
, -ˈru̇m\
variants:
or back-room
Definition of backroom
(Entry 1 of 2)
: made or operating in an inconspicuous way : behind-the-scenes
backroom deals a backroom politician
back room
nounDefinition of back room (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: a room situated in the rear
2
: the meeting place of a directing group that exercises its authority in an inconspicuous and indirect way
Examples of backroom in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Pascal Planque, Mike Stowell and new first team coach Adam Sadler complete the new-look Foxes backroom staff for the upcoming season. — SI.com, "Leicester City Announce Departure of Assistant Manager in Backroom 'Restructure'," 1 July 2018 After five months of backroom horse-trading and all-night arm twisting, Angela Merkel faces one last obstacle to achieving a stable government in her fourth term as German chancellor. — Griff Witte, Washington Post, "The 28-year-old in Adidas who could sink a deal to keep Merkel in office," 28 Feb. 2018Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Johnson disappears into a back room and returns wearing polished black shoes. — Los Angeles Times, "Cultural Divide: All 77 counties voted for Trump. These musicians are fighting to turn Oklahoma blue," 5 Sep. 2019 The thieves forced four employees at Avianne & Co. Jewelers into a back room on Sunday at about noon and then tied them up with zip ties and duct tape, according to the New York Police Department. — David Williams And Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, "Thieves make off with bags of jewelry after a daylight heist at a celebrity jeweler," 26 Aug. 2019 In Warner, more than 60 people were already crammed into the back room of a bookstore to see Kirsten Gillibrand. — Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, "What is it like to see every single presidential candidate — in person?," 23 Aug. 2019 Captain John Stringer with Madison Police Department Investigations told WHNT the men forced everyone in the store to the back room and robbed the pharmacy of narcotics. — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, "Police release dramatic video showing armed robbery at Walgreens," 2 Aug. 2019 To the left of the smoothie bar lay the door to Upcycle, situated equidistant to the back room barre and yoga studio. — Grace Dickinson, Philly.com, "Which Philly-area spin studio classes are worth the hype and heavy price tag?," 29 May 2018 Last week, a group of Miami-Dade police detectives visited the store and saw the door to the back room open, according to an arrest report. — David Ovalle, miamiherald, "Secret room in West Miami store had nearly $10 million in luxury goods. It was all fake. | Miami Herald," 24 Jan. 2018 The 36-year-old immediately signaled for customers and co-workers to follow him to the back room of the store. — Nicole Chavez, CNN, "A Walmart employee and a customer helped 140 people escape from the El Paso shooting," 5 Aug. 2019 The way Ray Celestin tells it in DEAD MAN’S BLUES (Pegasus Crime, $25.95), everyone in the city was corrupt, from the mayor, Big Bill Thompson, to the 25,000 soda shop owners who ran speakeasies in their back rooms. — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, "A Gumbo of Crime: From the Bayou to Britain," 4 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'backroom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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