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The position of a back on a football team
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halfback
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If you want innovation, try more of that, and less of halfbacks and wide receivers throwing deep on the run. ▪ Nevertheless, halfback Garrison Hearst is new to the offense. ▪ The first game I scored two goals from halfback . ...
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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The halfback in Canadian football , and most commonly the Canadian Football League , currently refers to the defensive back rather than the running back , as in American football . The defensive halfback lines up inside covering the slotback . They are ...
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
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 ...
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.