halfback
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halfback
- /ˈhæfˌbæk/ US
Where it comes from
From half + back, in reference to position on the field of play; compare fullback.
In the sense of someone who moves to Florida and then to a more temperate climate, from moving "half way back"
noun halfbacks
- Any of various positions on the field of play between the forwards and the fullbacks.
- 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.
- A defensive back whose primary jobs are to cover the slotback on passing plays and prevent running plays from going to the outside.
- A player in the halfback position, with both offensive and defensive roles.
- One of three players (the centre halfback and two halfback flankers) on the line between the centre line and the fullback line.
- The player who feeds the ball into the scrum, and receives the ball as it emerges from the back of the scrum.
- A person from the northern United States who moves to Florida, but then due to the heat or other issues, moves again to a more temperate climate, primarily the Carolinas. Four years ago, Diane got a small inheritance and they became what Paul Klein calls “halfbacks” — people who moved to Florida from the North and have progressed partly back.
verb halfbacks · halfbacking · halfbacked
- To play in the position of halfback.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: running back, fullback, full-back, backfielder, backfield, half forward, quarterback, tailback, half-back, three-quarter, defensive halfback, back, flexbone, cornerbacking, cornerback, offensive back
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