backroom

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adjective

back·​room ˈbak-ˈrüm 

-ˈru̇m

variants or back-room

: made or operating in an inconspicuous way : behind-the-scenes

backroom deals

a backroom politician

back room

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noun

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, 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, 28 Feb. 2018

Noun

But Friday night allowed the honorees to discuss their art at length, without folk racing off to the smoking joint in a back room of the ballroom at the Beverly Hilton, which is what usually happens during the presentations of special awards! —Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Jan. 2025

Middlesbrough cult hero turns DJ in the back room of a London pub James Horncastle Silvio Berlusconi. —The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1911, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1