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Wingback

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

n. Football A back positioned on offense behind or outside of an end.

n. Football The position played by such a back.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A player who doubles as a defender when their team is defending, and a winger when they are attacking.

n. wingback chair, wing chair

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

n. (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

n. (football) the person who plays wingback

Word Usage

"That could be a straight run behind a phalanx of blockers, or a hand-off to another back or roving flanker or "wingback," who was set in motion behind the line before the snap."

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back

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