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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Football An offensive backfield player whose position is behind the quarterback and halfbacks and who primarily performs offensive blocking and line plunges.

n. Football The position of this player.

n. Sports A primarily defensive backfield player in field hockey, soccer, or Rugby whose position is near the defensive goal or goal line.

n. Sports The position of this player.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An offensive back whose primary jobs are to block in advance of the halfback on running plays and for the quarterback on passing plays.

n. A defensive player who assists the goalie in preventing the opposing team from scoring.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. players stationed behind those in the front line.

n. an offensive football player who plays farther behind the line of scrimmage than the half-back. They are used primarily for blocking and line plunges.

v. To play the position of fullback on a football team; to be the fullback.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In foot-ball. See back, 12.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (American football) the position of a back on a football team

n. (football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team

v. play the fullback

Word Usage

"Turns out the Atlanta fullback is a capable runner, too."

Hypernym

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back running back play

Rhyme

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pullback

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