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The position of a back on a football team
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halfback
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position the position of a back on a football team
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A halfback ( HB ) is an offensive position in American football , whose duties involve lining up in the backfield and carrying the ball on most rushing plays , i. e. a running back . When the principal ball carrier lines up deep in the backfield, and especially ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context American football English) An offensive back whose primary jobs are to carry the ball on running plays and to serve as a receiver or blocker on passing plays. 2 (context Canadian football English) A defensive back whose primary jobs are to ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
halfback \halfback\ n. (Football) A person who plays the position of halfback[2] on a football team. Syn: running back. 2. The position of either of two players on a football team who typically begins each play behind the line and on either side of the ...
Usage examples of halfback.
He had been right halfback in the same backfield at Waterford High where I had played fullback, Mike Hess had been the left half, and Capers Middleton had called signals at quarterback.
A-minus on my English test, made left halfback on the field hockey team, spent the afternoon recess learning dirty jokes in the eighth-grade coatroom, scavenged twelve cents from my friends after school for a vanilla burnt-almond Good Humor, and managed to have at least six hours of happiness.
Anna whacked the ball back to midfield where one of our halfbacks sent it flying to the other goal.
The instant he had control, he passed the ball over to Mary Carpentier at center halfback and we all started ahead on a rush for the goal.
He had been the halfback on our football team, undefeated for three years.
He had told Colonel Phoenix that he still dreamed of parlaying a Creek Bend High School MVP football trophy into an NFL halfback career, after he had paid his dues to Uncle Sam.
Scott had played halfback for Tehachapi High, acquitted himself honorably.